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

• 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

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

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

• 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

• 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.