Welcome

Welcome to GEOG 30323: Data Analysis & Visualization, taught by Dr. Kyle Walker at Texas Christian University.

This is a course in exploratory data analysis with an emphasis on the Python programming language and PyData ecosystem. The course targets students from all disciplines with an interest in data analytics, but does not assume any prior experience with computer programming.

Course materials are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license.

Course assignments can be viewed from the sidebar menu. To “launch” a assignment in Binder or Google Colab, click the rocket icon in the top left of the screen and choose your platform.

Links to course lecture notes:

• Week 1: What is data?

• Week 2: Programming I: Intro to Python

• Week 3: Programming II: Functions and iteration

• Week 4: Modules, packages, and exploratory data analysis

• Week 5: Multivariate data exploration

• Weeks 6-8: Data wrangling

• Week 9: Advanced input & output

• Week 10: Data visualization best practices

• Week 11: Geographic data in Python

• Week 13: Data communication & interactive visualization

• Week 15: Introduction to machine learning

• Week 16: Big data and data ethics