Investigate-a-Dataset

Udacity Data Analytics Nanodegree December 2017 - May 2018 Project 3 - Exploring Gapminder Datasets using Python and Jupyter Notebook Click to preview

Project Overview

In this project, I will analyze a dataset and then communicate my findings about it. I will use the Python libraries NumPy, pandas, and Matplotlib to make my analysis easier.

What do I need to install?

I will need an installation of Python, plus the following libraries:

• pandas
• NumPy
• Matplotlib
• csv

What will I learn?

After completing the project, I will:

• Know all the steps involved in a typical data analysis process
• Be comfortable posing questions that can be answered with a given dataset and then answering those questions
• Know how to investigate problems in a dataset and wrangle the data into a format you can use
• Have practice communicating the results of your analysis
• Be able to use vectorized operations in NumPy and pandas to speed up your data analysis code
• Be familiar with pandas' Series and DataFrame objects, which let you access your data more conveniently
• Know how to use Matplotlib to produce plots showing your findings

Project details

Step One - Choose the data

I chose four datasets from Gapminder.

• Female salaried employee
• Female literacy rate
• Gdp per capita
• Life expectancy at birth

Step two - Get Organized

Create a single folder (repositories) that contains:

• The report communicating your findings
• Any Python code you wrote as part of your analysis
• The data set you used

Step three - Analyse the data

Make questions that promote looking at relationships between multiple variables. I aimed to analyze at least one dependent variable and three independent variables in my investigation. Make sure I use NumPy and pandas where they are appropriate!

Step four - Share your findings

Create a report that shares the findings I found most interesting.

Reference

https://www.gapminder.org/data/