Introduction to Data Science

In this lesson you will be introduced to using code to analyse data. You will work with Python in a Kaggle notebook to explore Edexcel’s large data set: Weather.

• Video: Introduction to Data Science
• Activity: Using Python to Analyse Data
• Video: Key Strands in Data Science
• Meet a Data Scientist: Dr Hannah Fry
• Further Reading

In this activity you will meet the Python libraries that you’ll be using for the rest of the course to analyse and visualise data. You’ll use them here to explore the main differences in weather between five different UK locations, from the Edexcel large data set.

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