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Data Analysis and Visualization in Python for Ecologists
Clarified some text to point out that empty values in a CSV are by default converted to NaN. The option `keep_default_na=False, na_values=[""]` is not necessary to replace empty with NaN....
In episode 05- [Combining DataFrames with Pandas](https://datacarpentry.org/python-ecology-lesson/05-merging-data/index.html), on the section about Identifying join keys, the Python code asks us to call species_sub.columns this should probably be species_df.columns, as we did...
I've expanded lines 63-79 so how you actually make the file `my_script.py` is more explicit. Instructions Thanks for contributing! :heart: If this contribution is for instructor training, please email the...
Instructions Thanks for contributing! :heart: If this contribution is for instructor training, please email the link to this contribution to [email protected] so we can record your progress. You've completed your...
When I was practicing the lesson, I felt it was important to highlight the distinction between attributes & methods. Also, when introducing the dataset, making sure that the instructor &...
The specific usage of the function `read_csv` didn't match the flow of the other objectives, and the learners at this point will only learn how to import datasets into Python...
(a) I would suggest to introduce the use of the display() function from the IPython package, which is preferred over print() for pandas. display() give essentially the same output as...
Hello everyone, We recently ran a slightly modified version of this lesson ([https://ucsbcarpentry.github.io/2022-04-19-ucsb-python/](https://ucsbcarpentry.github.io/2022-04-19-ucsb-python/)), and it seems to us that there is a little redundancy / overlap between the discussion of...
This issue is tied to [Episode 2, Starting with Data](https://datacarpentry.org/python-ecology-lesson/02-starting-with-data/), specifically the section ["Our Data."](https://datacarpentry.org/python-ecology-lesson/02-starting-with-data/#our-data) ### I'm proposing several updates and additions to clean up the links in this section...
During a live demo, it is better to be on the same page as of audience. Creating a live time DataFrame instead of already downloaded data is better option for...