Overview

Overview

Visualizing data is a critical step in the analysis process. In this lesson, we will introduce a plotting tool in Python, as well as several types of plots that can be used to show different types of data. We will start with an introduction to plotting with one variable, demonstrating bar plots, box plots, and histograms. Then, we will delve into plots with multiple variables, including bar plots (again) and scatter plots. Finally, we will wrap up with an example of working with time series and line plots.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

• Recognize different types of plots in python
• Implement python code to plot one variable at a time
• Create plots with multiple variables
• Distinguish correlation vs. causation

Lesson Roadmap

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