The world around us is full of data that holds unique insights and valuable stories and this
book will help you uncover them. Whether you already work with data or want to learn more about
its possibilities the examples and techniques in this practical book will help you more easily
clean evaluate and analyze data so that you can generate meaningful insights and compelling
visualizations. Complementing foundational concepts with expert advice author Susan E.
McGregor provides the resources you need to extract evaluate and analyze a wide variety of
data sources and formats along with the tools to communicate your findings effectively. This
book delivers a methodical jargon-free way for data practitioners at any level from true
novices to seasoned professionals to harness the power of data. Use Python 3.8+ to read write
and transform data from a variety of sources Understand and use programming basics in Python to
wrangle data at scale Organize document and structure your code using best practices Collect
data from structured data files web pages and APIs Perform basic statistical analyses to make
meaning from datasets Visualize and present data in clear and compelling ways
