University of Michigan
Data Collection and Processing with Python
University of Michigan

Data Collection and Processing with Python

This course is part of Python 3 Programming Specialization

Taught in English

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Paul Resnick

Instructor: Paul Resnick

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What you'll learn

  • Fetch and process data from Internet services effectively.

  • Master Python list comprehensions for data extraction and processing.

  • Utilize the Python requests module to interact with REST APIs and navigate API documentation.

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Intermediate level
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There are 3 modules in this course

In week one the video lectures and activities from the Runestone textbook will cover more complex data structures. By the end of this week, you will have learned how to process json formatted data, traverse nested data using nested iteration, and extract values from nested data.

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15 videos10 readings1 quiz2 app items

In week two you will be learning more advanced forms of accumulation. By the end of the week, you will have learned how to use the map and filter functions in combination with functions to transform or filter out data and store the resulting data in a new object. You will have also learned how to accumulate data using a list comprehension.

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13 videos5 readings1 quiz2 app items

In week three you will learn how to request data from the internet using Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). By the end of the week, you will have learned how to access data from a few APIs, cache data that you have requested, and also learned how to read and work with other APIs that were not touched on in the module.

What's included

21 videos15 readings2 app items

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Paul Resnick
University of Michigan
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