Python for Data Analytics –
Comprehensive Course Outline
Python for Data Analytics – Comprehensive Course Outline
Day 01 – Python Basics, Setup, and Data Science Foundations
1.1 Introduction to Python
• Python history and philosophy
• Real-world applications of Python
o Web development
o Data analysis
o Scientific computing
o Automation
1.2 Installing and Using Anaconda & Jupyter
• Downloading and installing Anaconda Navigator
• Creating and managing Jupyter notebooks
• Interface overview and folder management
1.3 Python Syntax Essentials
• Comments and docstrings
• Code indentation rules
• Line continuation character (\)
1.4 Variables and Data Types
• Identifiers and naming rules
• Built-in data types: int, float, str, bool, NoneType
• type() function and dynamic typing
1.5 Basic Operators and Expressions
• Arithmetic operators: +, -, *, /, %, **, //
• Comparison operators: ==, !=, <, >, <=, >=
• Logical operators: and, or, not
1.6 Intro to Data Science Libraries
• Overview of pandas and matplotlib
• First simple plot and DataFrame creation
Day 02 – Strings, Data Types, Type Conversion & Collections
2.1 String Manipulation
• Creating strings with quotes
• String slicing, indexing, and step values
• String methods: .upper(), .lower(), .split(), .join()
• String formatting using format() and f-strings
2.2 Python Data Types and Type Conversion
• Scalar vs compound types
• int(), float(), str(), bool() conversions
• Type inference
2.3 Introduction to Collections
• Tuples: syntax, immutability, tuple with 1 element
• Lists: creation, indexing, modification
• Sets: uniqueness, basic set operations
• Dictionaries: key-value pairs, accessing and updating data
2.4 Exercises
• Working with data types and structures
• Arithmetic operations with variables
• String formatting and escaping
Day 03 – Tuples, Lists (Advanced), and zip()
3.1 Advanced Tuples
• Tuple unpacking
• Nested tuples
• Built-in functions: len(), min(), max(), sum()
• count() and index() methods
3.2 Advanced Lists
• append(), insert(), extend()
• pop(), remove(), clear()
• List slicing, reversing, and sorting
• Copying lists: shallow vs deep copies
3.3 The zip() Function
• Combining two or more lists
• Looping with zip()
• Creating dictionaries with zip()
• Unzipping data with zip(*zipped)
Day 04 – Sets, Conditionals, Loops, and Functions (Intro)
4.1 Sets in Python
• add(), remove(), discard(), clear()
• Mathematical operations: union, intersection, difference
• Set membership: in, not in
4.2 Conditional Statements
• if, elif, else
• Nested conditionals
• Boolean expressions
4.3 Loops
• for and while loops
• Loop control: break, continue, pass
• Looping over different data types
4.4 Intro to Functions
• def keyword
• Function parameters and return values
• Calling functions and nesting
Day 05 – Functions (Cont.) and Error Handling
5.1 Functions Deep Dive
• Arguments vs parameters
• Default arguments and keyword arguments
• Anonymous functions: lambda
• Scope: local vs global variables
5.2 Error Handling
• Types of errors: syntax vs runtime
• try/except blocks
• Handling multiple exceptions
• else and finally clauses
Day 06 – NumPy for Numerical Computation
6.1 Array Basics
• Creating arrays with np.array(), arange(), linspace()
• Array attributes: shape, dtype, ndim, size
• Reshaping arrays
6.2 Array Operations
• Indexing and slicing
• Mathematical functions: sum(), mean(), std(), min(), max()
• Broadcasting
6.3 Array Manipulation
• Stacking (vstack, hstack), splitting, updating
• Membership, uniqueness, repeating
• Advanced indexing with conditions
• Swap axes, union, intersection
Day 07 – Pandas Basics and Data Cleaning
7.1 DataFrames and Series
• Reading CSVs with pd.read_csv()
• Exploring data: head(), tail(), shape, columns, dtypes
• Data selection: single and multiple columns
7.2 Handling Missing Data
• isnull(), notnull()
• Filling (fillna()), dropping (dropna())
7.3 Data Summary and Types
• describe(), mean(), count(), value_counts()
• Type conversion with astype()
• Transpose and indexing
Day 08 – Grouping, Aggregation, Reshaping
8.1 Aggregations
• groupby() with mean(), sum(), min(), max()
• agg() for custom aggregation
8.2 Crosstabs and Pivoting
• pd.crosstab()
• pivot() and pivot_table()
• stack() and unstack()
8.3 DataFrame Concatenation
• concat() along rows and columns
• Resetting indexes and naming rows
8.4 Visualization: seaborn.countplot()
Day 09 – DataFrame Manipulation & Normalization
9.1 Row/Column Manipulation
• Renaming columns
• Adding/removing rows and columns
• iloc[] and loc[] for data access
9.2 Data Scaling
• Min-max normalization
• Z-score standardization
• Reindexing: changing row/column order
9.3 Train/Test Split with NumPy
Day 10 – Web Data, Visualization, SQLite Integration
10.1 Reading Non-Standard Data
• Reading web data with read_html()
• CSVs with custom delimiters or no headers
10.2 Visualization with Matplotlib
• Bar, line, pie, scatter plots
• Labels, titles, axis formatting
10.3 SQLite and Pandas
• Introduction to SQL and SQLite
• Creating and querying SQLite databases
• Using pandas.read_sql() and to_sql()
10.4 Handling Time-Series Data
• Indexing with time
• Resampling and frequency conversion
Day 11 – Introduction to Machine Learning
11.1 What is Machine Learning?
• Learning from data
• Generalization and prediction
11.2 Types of Machine Learning
• Supervised Learning:
o Classification (e.g. spam detection, face recognition)
o Regression (e.g. predicting prices, temperatures)
• Unsupervised Learning:
o Clustering (e.g. movie preferences)
o Anomaly detection
11.3 Key ML Concepts
• Instance, features, labels
• Training vs testing data
• Prediction functions and classifiers
11.4 Algorithms Introduced
• K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN)
• K-Means Clustering
11.5 Case Study: Uber Supply vs Demand Gap
This outline serves as a solid curriculum structure for any beginner-to-intermediate Python
for Data Analytics course.
