Delve into Python data analysis and visualization using NumPy, SciPy, Pandas, and Seaborn. Gain insights into reading, cleaning, and visualizing data to generate actionable insights.

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This course assumes no prior experience and can teach anyone how to use Python to analyze and visualize data. Stop using Excel and start harnessing the power of Python.

Data analysis is one of the hottest careers of the 21st century. As an analyst, your goal is to peel back layers of data in order to answer questions of interest; that is the power of analytics. It allows you to take raw data and create meaningful, actionable insights.

In this course, you’ll learn how to use Python, NumPy, SciPy, Pandas, and Seaborn to perform data analysis and visualization. You’ll explore the four crucial steps for any data analysis project: reading, describing, cleaning, and visualizing data. In each step, you will work with the most common and popular tools that data analysts use every day. By the end of the course, you will be able to confidently extract knowledge and answers from data.

Python Data Analysis and Visualization

# Reading the dataset
As an exercise, read [Auto MPG Dataset](http://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/datasets/Auto+MPG). In this documentation, you will find the __Attribute Information__ which lists the column names. Fill whitespace with `_` in _columns' names_.

Click __Data Folder__ and then download the file __auto-mpg.data__. The task is fairly simple, you just have to read the dataset, and return its _shape_.

This file is whitespace delimited, so you will need to review the `Pandas` [documentation](https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/reference/api/pandas.read_csv.html) for the `delim_whitespace` parameter.

> __Note__: To read the dataset use __auto-mpg.data__ file name.

Try to implement the function below. Feel free to view the solution, after giving it a few shots. Good Luck!

This lesson provides an exercise to test your understanding of reading a dataset using Pandas.

What is Analytics

Python Basics for Analytics

Reading Data

Describing Data

Cleaning Data

Visualizing Data

Exercise: Reading Auto MPG Dataset

Reading the dataset