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Improve pandas code and formatting

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- Add lots of code style formatting where appropriate - Replace references to isnull() with isna(). These methods are exactly the same for pandas, but isna() is consistent with fillna,...

deppen8

Setup instructions for python require knowledge of bash

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I believe there is some plan on improving the setup instructions, but I am relatively new to all of this and not really in the know. It seems that the...

ppxasjsm

Added text to better explain attributes and methods. The words attribute and method are referenced earlier in passing, but this is the first place where folks are looking directly at...

pcoombs55

Phrasing changes to increase clarity in some parts of lesson, such as: * Rewording "methods" as "processes" so learners don't confuse with object methods * Ambiguity re: CSV's and separators...

cassws

Added a few lines to look at the head from the copied data frame. This ensures students see that the copy has not changed. Otherwise the object is created but...

ricdea

Update 02-starting-with-data.md

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There are an error in the Statistics Challenges, as it defers from the instructor notes. Also, the idea behind the exercise is to get same result from both methods, while...

abdulanl

More explanation of modulo

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The episode [Short Introduction to Programming in Python](https://datacarpentry.org/python-ecology-lesson/01-short-introduction-to-Python/index.html) notes that > We can perform mathematical calculations in Python using the basic operators +, -, /, *, %: I don't think...

maneesha

Instructor notes out of date

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Are the instructor notes out of date for the lesson? http://datacarpentry.org/python-ecology-lesson/guide/ For example, the first few lines in the instructor notes mention how to download python on MacOS using homebrew....

raybellwaves

Ordering of left/right does not matter for *any* join

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The [Combining DataFrames with Pandas](https://datacarpentry.org/python-ecology-lesson/05-merging-data/index.html) notes that: > For inner joins, the order of the left and right arguments does not matter. However, this is true of all joins. I...

maneesha

Making changes as suggested by @wrightaprilm and @maxim-belkin. Added an extra question introducing the built-in len() function in lesson 1, and also emphasizing that both lists and tuples are iterable...

pr4deepr