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85 4094 First Python notebook: Data analysis on deadline *pre-registered attendees only Skill level: Beginner/intermediate Ben Welsh, James Gordon and Cheryl Phillips teach data analysis with Python. Their 6-hour, hands-on tutorial will guide you through an investigation of money in politics. You will learn: 1) Just enough Python to execute an analysis with the powerful pandas data analysis library, one of the most popular open-source tools for working with large data files. 2) How to record, remix and republish your work using the Jupyter Notebook, a browser-based tool emerging as the standard for reproducible research in the sciences. 3) Most important of all, how these tools increase the speed and veracity of your journalism.?? Preregistration is required and seating is limited. Laptops will be provided for the training.?? Workshop prerequisites: If you've tried Python once or twice, have good attitude and know how to take a few code crashes in stride, you are qualified for this class. 8 2019-03-08 2019-03-08 09:00:00 2019-03-08 17:45:00 1 1 0 James Gordon, Reynolds Journalism Institute; Cheryl Phillips, Stanford University; Ben Welsh, Los Angeles Times 3   2 First Python notebook: Data analysis on deadline *pre-registered attendees only
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