rzberrymom Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 (edited) Are there any good resources for learning to use Python for research? My DD took a Python course with a great teacher, then she spent months playing around on various sites learning syntax, and then she took the EdX class on Python for Research. The EdX class sounded absolutely perfect—case studies and working with data, but the quality was really kind of terrible. Are there other resources for using it for research? If not, my DH uses Matlab for all of his research—would it be better to have her just quickly learn Matlab from him and learn to work with data that way? She could get way more from him than she did from the EdX class, and I HOPE the transition back to Python wouldn’t be too bad. She’s applied for a bunch of research internships this summer, so it would be great to have her more ready-to-go with the programming! Edited March 15, 2021 by rzberrymom 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 I had begun the first course of this Python Specialization (MOOC course and I was Auditing, Free) and IMO he is an awesome instructor. Everything is free on his web site. I then bought the Kindle Textbook for 99 cents on Amazon but the rest of the stuff is available for Download free, without restrictions. I suggest your DD check out the first course (and the other follow-on courses too. Here's a ;link: https://www.coursera.org/specializations/python I got into something else, unrelated to computers (American Government Constitutional Foundations) which I am about halfway finished with on edX.org and after I complete that I am going to take a course on Linux, from the Linux Foundation, which will be a Refresher for me, and then a course on the "C" programming language, which I haven't done for many years. The "C" course I am looking at is from UC in Santa Cruz. Your DD may want to also consider something about Linux and "C". Many of the emails I get about jobs are about those. Especially "C". Managers are always (?) interested in people who know Linux and "C" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 She might want to be familiar with JSON and PANDAS as well. That’s what I learned as part of a data visualization classhttps://docs.python.org/3/library/json.html https://pandas.pydata.org This online class has already started but she can look for something similar https://meded.ucsf.edu/events/intro-json-using-python 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzberrymom Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 29 minutes ago, Arcadia said: She might want to be familiar with JSON and PANDAS as well. That’s what I learned as part of a data visualization classhttps://docs.python.org/3/library/json.html https://pandas.pydata.org This online class has already started but she can look for something similar https://meded.ucsf.edu/events/intro-json-using-python Oooh, thanks! I’ll tell her to look for something like that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDMomof3 Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Is she familiar with Kaggle? It's a site very popular for AI and Data Scientist. There are free courses that she can take. They hare courses on PANDAS, Data cleaning, geospatial analysis, ect.. https://www.kaggle.com/learn/overview 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzberrymom Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 14 minutes ago, SDMomof3 said: Is she familiar with Kaggle? It's a site very popular for AI and Data Scientist. There are free courses that she can take. They hare courses on PANDAS, Data cleaning, geospatial analysis, ect.. https://www.kaggle.com/learn/overview Oh wow, I’m so glad I asked you all! (and she’ll be so excited to get rid of that EdX class...) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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