Chris Hyde: An Introduction to Data Science With Python for Data Professionals

Data Science is currently the hottest topic among data analysts and technologists, but getting started can sometimes be daunting or confusing to many data professionals. We aim to change that with this full-day, hands-on course in which you will be introduced to data science and its basic methodologies using the Python programming language!

Together we will work through some real-world data analyses using several of the most popular Python libraries, such as NumPy, pandas, Matplotlib, and SciPy. We'll cover collecting and importing data, and introduce basic statistics around our data. We'll then move on to create some simple visualizations of our data to help us identify trends and patterns.

Intended Audience:
• DBAs and Database Developers looking for
• Data Analysts who want an introduction to the
• Anyone looking to get started with data science

Contents:
• Part 1 - Python In The Real World, With SQL Server (introductory presentation)
• Part 2 - Setup and Python Basics (hands-on lab)
• Part 3 - Arrays and mathmatics with Numpy (hands-on lab)
• Part 4 - pandas data frames (hands-on lab)
• Part 5 - Visualizing data with Matplotlib (hands-on lab)
• Part 6 - Data Exploration (hands-on lab)
• Part 6 - Real-World analysis scenario (hands-on lab)

FAQs

Class Objectives:

Class Format:
• Slides - 10%
• Demos - 10%
• Hands-on Labs - 80%

Note that as this is a hands-on pre-con, participants will be required to bring a laptop with a working Python installation. Full details on this will be provided prior to the session.

SQL Saturday Atlanta - Saturday May 18, 2019
Registration for a pre-conference session does NOT include registration for SQL Saturday 845 on May 18, 2019. Please register for SQL Saturday 845 online at https://www.sqlsaturday.com/845/eventhome.aspx