Data Science - In Python, extracting & combining variables

Free lesson resources for teaching Data Science NPA (National Progress Award) Levels 4,5 and 6.

This lesson covers how to create new variables in Python, specifically,

• what and how to to extract data to create a new variable
• what and how to combine data to create a new variable

Lesson content,

A PowerPoint/PDF presentation, ‘Creating new variables by extracting & combining in Python’
Jupyter notebooks:

• ‘creating_variables_by_extracting_or_combining_with_answers.ipynb’ (for teachers),
• ‘creating_variables_by_extracting_or_combining.ipynb’ (for learners)
  Datasets used in the Jupyter notebooks: the datasets are stored online and imported by the Jupyter notebooks.
  Planning document with learning intentions and success criteria

For more information on the Data Science NPA, please see teachdata.science

This lesson has been created by effini in partnership with Data Education in Schools, The Data Lab and Data Skills for Work, with funding from the Scottish Government.

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