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Python Study Plan

The document outlines a 10-week course on Python programming, covering topics from basic syntax to advanced data analysis and machine learning. Each week includes lecture topics, resources for further learning, and a project to apply the concepts learned. The final week culminates in a capstone project that integrates all skills acquired throughout the course.

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Python Study Plan

The document outlines a 10-week course on Python programming, covering topics from basic syntax to advanced data analysis and machine learning. Each week includes lecture topics, resources for further learning, and a project to apply the concepts learned. The final week culminates in a capstone project that integrates all skills acquired throughout the course.

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Week 1: Introduction to Python

 Lecture Topics: Introduction to Python, variables, data types, and basic operations.
 Resources:
o Codecademy's Python Course
o Python.org's Python for Beginners
 Project: Write a Python script that calculates the average of a list of numbers.

Week 2: Control Structures and Functions

 Lecture Topics: Control structures (if, for, while), functions, and modular
programming.
 Resources:
o W3Schools Python Tutorial
o Python Functions Tutorial
 Project: Create a Python program that converts temperature from Fahrenheit to
Celsius using a function.

Week 3: Data Structures in Python

 Lecture Topics: Lists, tuples, sets, and dictionaries.


 Resources:
o Python Lists and Tuples Tutorial
o Python Sets and Dictionaries Tutorial
 Project: Build a Python program that counts the frequency of words in a text
document using dictionaries.

Week 4: Data Analysis with Pandas

 Lecture Topics: Introduction to Pandas, dataframes, and basic data manipulation.


 Resources:
o Pandas Documentation
o Pandas Cheat Sheet
 Project: Analyze a small dataset using Pandas, including data cleaning and basic
analysis.

Week 5: Data Visualization with Matplotlib

 Lecture Topics: Basic plotting using Matplotlib.


 Resources:
o Matplotlib Tutorials
 Project: Create various types of plots (line, bar, scatter) using Matplotlib to visualize
data.

Week 6: More Advanced Pandas

 Lecture Topics: Grouping, merging, and advanced data manipulation with Pandas.
 Resources:
o Pandas Groupby Tutorial
o Pandas Merge Tutorial
 Project: Perform a complex data analysis task using Pandas, like aggregating data
from multiple sources.

Week 7: Statistical Analysis with Python

 Lecture Topics: Descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, and correlation.


 Resources:
o Scipy Stats Documentation
 Project: Analyze a dataset using statistical methods to draw insights and make
inferences.

Week 8: Introduction to Machine Learning

 Lecture Topics: Basics of machine learning, scikit-learn, and supervised learning.


 Resources:
o Scikit-Learn Tutorials
 Project: Build a simple machine learning model (e.g., linear regression) using scikit-
learn.

Week 9: Unsupervised Learning and Dimensionality Reduction

 Lecture Topics: Clustering, dimensionality reduction, and unsupervised learning


algorithms.
 Resources:
o Scikit-Learn Clustering Tutorial
 Project: Cluster a dataset using K-means or another clustering algorithm.

Week 10: Capstone Data Analysis Project

 Lecture Topics: Putting it all together - applying Python for a real-world data
analysis project.
 Project: Choose a dataset that interests you and perform a comprehensive data
analysis, including data cleaning, visualization, and building a predictive model (if
applicable).

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