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== Visualizing data with Matplotlib == | == Visualizing data with Matplotlib == | ||
In this session, we will explore how to produce clear, informative charts, graphs, and plots with [http://matplotlib.org/ Matplotlib], the most popular toolkit for scientific data visualization in Python. | In this session, we will explore how to produce clear, informative charts, graphs, and plots with [http://matplotlib.org/ Matplotlib], the most popular toolkit for scientific data visualization in Python. | ||
We'll start with the data-set created [ | We'll start with the data-set created [http://wiki.communitydata.cc/Community_Data_Science_Workshops_(Fall_2015)/Day_3_Lecture this morning] containing information about edits to the Harry Potter Wikipedia article. | ||
We will then proceed to visualize different aspects of data from the [ | We will then proceed to visualize different aspects of data from the [http://wiki.communitydata.cc/Community_Data_Science_Workshops_(Fall_2015)/Day_2_Projects/Socrata Socrata web API]. | ||
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* Exercise your creativity by making your own visualization | * Exercise your creativity by making your own visualization | ||
# IPython: an interactive python shell | |||
# Download the CDSW Matplotlib code from [https://github.com/makoshark/matplotlib-cdsw/archive/master.zip here] and unzip it on your machine. | |||
# First plot: <tt>001-hello-plot.py</tt> | # First plot: <tt>001-hello-plot.py</tt> | ||
# Subplots: <tt>002-subplots.py</tt> | # Subplots: <tt>002-subplots.py</tt> |