Python Data Visualization

DATA VISUALIZATION WITH
With Expert Python Instructor Chris Bruehl
*Copyright Maven Analytics, LLC

COURSE STRUCTURE
This is a project-based course for students looking for a practical, hands-on approach to
learning data visualization with Python using the Matplotlib and Seaborn libraries
Additional resources include:
Downloadable PDF to serve as a helpful reference when you’re offline or on the go
Quizzes & Assignments to test and reinforce key concepts, with step-by-step solutions
Interactive demos to keep you engaged and apply your skills throughout the course

COURSE OUTLINE
Cover key data visualization best practices for clear communication, with tips for
1 Intro to Data Visualization choosing the right chart, formatting it effectively, and using it to tell a story
Introduce the Matplotlib library and use it to build & customize several chart types,
2 Matplotlib Fundamentals including line charts, bar charts, pie charts, scatterplots, and histograms
PROJECT: Visualizing Coffee Industry Data
3 Advanced Customization Apply advanced customization techniques in Matplotlib, including multi-chart

figures, custom layouts & colors, style sheets, and more
PROJECT: Consolidating Coffee Industry Data into a Report
Visualize data with Seaborn, another Python library that introduces new chart
4 Data Viz with Seaborn types and layouts, and interacts will with Matplotlib
PROJECT: Highlighting Insights from the Automotive Auction Industry

WELCOME TO MAVEN CONSULTING GROUP
You’ve just been hired as an Associate Consultant for Maven Consulting Group
THE (MCG), a multinational firm that provides strategic advice to companies across
SITUATION different industries. Your new role will see you take on projects in the hotel,
coffee, automotive, and diamond industries.
Your task is to effectively visualize data from these industries to deliver key
THE insights to MCG’s clients.
ASSIGNMENT This will range from analyzing hotel customer demographics to understanding the
major players in the global coffee industry.
• Use Pandas to read & manipulate multiple datasets

THE
• Use Matplotlib to visualize data & communicate insights,
OBJECTIVES and then build reports to consolidate your findings
• Use Seaborn to conduct advanced exploratory analysis
and aid the decision-making process

SETTING EXPECTATIONS
This course covers the core functionality for Matplotlib & Seaborn
• We’ll cover chart types, common customization options, and best practices for visualizing and analyzing data
• We’ll give the tools to use the official documentation to apply any customization option not covered in the course
We’ll focus on creating static visuals & dashboards

• Interactive data visualization with Python will be covered in a separate course
We’ll use Jupyter Notebooks as our primary coding environment

• Jupyter Notebooks are free to use, and the industry standard for conducting data analysis with Python
(we’ll introduce Google Colab as an alternative, cloud-based environment as well)
You do NOT need to be a Python expert to take this course

• It is strongly recommended that you complete our Python Foundations and Data Analysis with Pandas courses, or
have a solid understanding of basic Python syntax and DataFrame manipulation with the Pandas library

INSTALLING ANACONDA (MAC)
1) Go to anaconda.com/products/distribution and click
4) Follow the installation steps

(default settings are OK)
2) Click X on the Anaconda Nucleus pop-up

(no need to launch)
3) Launch the downloaded Anaconda pkg file

INSTALLING ANACONDA (PC)
1) Go to anaconda.com/products/distribution and click
4) Follow the installation steps

(default settings are OK)
2) Click X on the Anaconda Nucleus pop-up

(no need to launch)
3) Launch the downloaded Anaconda exe file

LAUNCHING JUPYTER
1) Launch Anaconda Navigator 2) Find Jupyter Notebook and click

YOUR FIRST JUPYTER NOTEBOOK
1) Once inside the Jupyter interface, create a folder to store your notebooks for the course
NOTE: You can rename your folder by clicking “Rename” in the top left corner
2) Open your new coursework folder and launch your first Jupyter notebook!
NOTE: You can rename your notebook by clicking on the title at the top of the screen

THE NOTEBOOK SERVER
NOTE: When you launch a Jupyter notebook, a terminal window may pop up as
well; this is called a notebook server, and it powers the notebook interface
If you close the server window,

your notebooks will not run!
Depending on your OS, and method

of launching Jupyter, one may not
open. As long as you can run your
notebooks, don’t worry!

ALTERNATIVE: GOOGLE COLAB
Google Colab is Google’s cloud-based version of Jupyter Notebooks
To create a Colab notebook:

1. Log in to a Gmail account
2. Go to colab.research.google.com
3. Click “new notebook”
Colab is very similar to Jupyter Notebooks

(they even share the same file extension); the main
difference is that you are connecting to Google
Drive rather than your machine, so files will be
stored in Google’s cloud

DATA VISUALIZATION
In this section we’ll cover key data visualization best practices for clear communication,
with tips for choosing the right chart, formatting it effectively, and using it to tell a story
TOPICS WE’LL COVER: GOALS FOR THIS SECTION:

• Understand the purpose behind visualizing data
• Learn the common chart types and their use cases
• Apply data visualization best practices to create clear

and compelling charts
• Address common errors and how to avoid them

WHY VISUALIZE DATA?
Data visualization allows you to bring your data to life

• The human brain is built to interpret raw data as meaningless numbers and noise
• We need clear patterns and visual cues to help us quickly make sense of complex information
Prefrontal Cortex Visual Cortex

• Located in the frontal lobe • Located in the occipital lobe
• Responsible for cognitive • Responsible for visual perception
functioning & problem solving & understanding
• Helps us make sense of non-visual • Helps us make sense of colors,
information (like raw data) patterns, shapes, sizes, etc.
• Slow & conscious • Instantaneous & subconscious
Data visualization puts both our prefrontal and visual cortex to work, combining
the power of cognition (slow and conscious) and perception (instantaneous)

THE TEN SECOND RULE
In 10 seconds, what can you learn from the data below?
0 TIME’S UP!
10

THE TEN SECOND RULE
What if you were given the averages?

THE TEN SECOND RULE
What if you visualize it?
This is a slight twist on

Anscombe’s Quartet
Despite sharing nearly

identical descriptive stats,
each series tells a very
different visual story

THE 3 KEY QUESTIONS
The 3 key questions are a great way to help choose the right visual
What type of data are What do you want to Who is the end user and
you working with? communicate? what do they need?
• Time-series • Comparison • Analyst

Data that spans across Compares values over time or Likes to see details and understand
continuous time periods across categories what’s happening at a granular level
• Categorical • Composition • Manager

Data that can be split up into Breaks down the component Wants summarized information
groups or categories parts of a whole with clear, actionable insights
• Numeric • Distribution • Executive

Data with quantitative values, Shows the frequency of values Needs high-level, clear KPIs to track
either discrete or continuous within a series business health and performance
• Hierarchical • Relationship • General Public

Data with natural groups and Shows the correlation between Requires engaging visuals and a
sub-groups multiple variables clear story to follow

ESSENTIAL VISUALS
KPI CARD PIE CHART TABLE

Sometimes Sort the slices, keep Add a color scale to
simple text them under ~5, and highlight patterns in
works best focus on one the data
LINE CHART BAR CHART SCATTER PLOT

Remember that
correlation does not
imply causation
The dates must be
continuous
Baseline must start at zero
AREA CHART 100% STACKED HISTOGRAM
Comparison &
composition Avoid using too
many bins!

CHART FORMATTING
Chart formatting should be used to eliminate noise & facilitate understanding
BEFORE: Cluttered chart This is the right chart type… so why is it

so hard to understand the visual?
× The chart border and gridlines are more

distracting than useful
× The vertical axis labels are hard to read
and lack context – it’s using scientific
notation and doesn’t start at 0
× Data labels can help add context, but they
just add noise here
× It’s not clear what each line represents
PRO TIP: Be intentional about the formatting you apply – don’t just use the default settings!

CHART FORMATTING
Chart formatting should be used to eliminate noise & facilitate understanding
AFTER: Clear chart

PRO TIPS:
✓ Remove the chart border & gridlines
✓ Format the axis labels clearly
✓ Add context with the chart title
✓ Create a visual order
✓ Make sure the story is clear
“Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

STORYTELLING
Descriptive titles and data labels can be used to tell a clear story within your visuals
AFTER: Compelling chart

PRO TIPS:
✓ Leverage the title to guide the audience
toward specific insights
✓ Insert text & shapes directly inside the chart
✓ Use data labels and annotations to draw
attention to the main data points
✓ Use color strategically

COMMON ERRORS
Choosing the wrong visual to represent the type of data
Using a line chart, which is

meant for time series data,
with categorical data gives the
false sense of a trend
Bar charts are great for showing

comparison with categorical data
While a tree map can work,

comparisons and compositions are
harder to make than with a bar or
pie chart
It’s best to use them with PRO TIP: Don’t prioritize
hierarchical data variety over effectiveness; use
the right chart for the job!

COMMON ERRORS
Including too many series in a single visual
It’s hard to focus or extract

any valuable information
Try highlighting the series

you want, or aggregating
other categories
You can also group the other

categories into a single series

COMMON ERRORS
Providing little to no context with text and labels
What does each

line represent?
What are
these values?
What does each

period represent?
When removing elements from a chart to reduce clutter and noise,

remember to keep all the elements that add understanding

COMMON ERRORS
Using inconsistent colors between related visuals
Using different colors for the same series

makes it difficult to associate them visually
Consistency gains more

importance as the number
of visuals increases, making
it critical for dashboards
Using the same colors consistently makes

them easier to understand, and in some
cases allows you to remove the legend

KEY TAKEAWAYS
Always answer the 3 key questions to choose the right visual

• What type of data are you working with? What do you want to communicate? Who is the end user?
Do NOT prioritize variety over effectiveness

• Choose chart types based on how clearly they communicate the data underneath – you can customize later!
Eliminate noise and distractions to facilitate understanding

• “Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away”
Tell a story with the data to guide the user to the insights
• Use titles, strategic labels, and callouts to create a clear narrative

INTRO TO MATPLOTLIB
In this section we’ll introduce the Matplotlib library and use it to build & customize several
chart types, including line charts, bar charts, pie charts, scatterplots, and histograms

• Understand the difference between the two primary
Matplotlib plotting frameworks
• Identify the key components of an object-oriented plot
• Build different variations of line, bar and pie charts, as

well as scatterplots and histograms
• Customize your charts by adding custom titles, labels,

legends, annotations and much more!

MEET MATPLOTLIB
Matplotlib is an open-source Python library built for data visualization that lets you
produce a wide variety of highly customizable charts & graphs
‘plt’ is the standard alias for Matplotlib
The plot() function creates a line

chart by default, using the index
as the x-values and the list
elements as the y-values

COMPATIBLE DATA TYPES
Matplotlib can plot many data types, including base Python sequences, NumPy
Arrays, and Pandas Series & DataFrames
Python List Pandas Series Pandas DataFrame

PLOTTING METHODS
Matplotlib has two plotting methods, or interfaces:
Charts are created with the plot() function, Charts are created by defining a plot object,
and modified with additional functions and modified using figure & axis methods
1. Create the figure object and assign it to

the ‘fig’ variable
2. Add a chart, or axis, object to the figure
and assign it to the ‘ax’ variable
3. Call the axis plot() method to draw the
chart
We’ll mostly focus on the

Object-Oriented approach,
as it provides more clear
control over customization

OBJECT-ORIENTED PLOTTING
Object-Oriented plots are built by adding axes, or charts, to a figure

• The subplots() function lets you create the figure and axes in a single line of code
• You can then use figure & axis methods to customize the different elements in the plot
Creates the figure and axis

Plots “y”
Adds a title to the figure and axis
We’ll start by adding a single

subplot to each figure for now,
but will dive deeper into
subplots later in the course!

PLOTTING DATAFRAMES
When plotting DataFrames using the Object-Oriented interface, Matplotlib will

use the index as the x-axis and plot each column as a separate series by default

PLOTTING DATAFRAMES
Plotting each series independently allows for improved customization

• ax.plot(x-axis series, y-series values)

ASSIGNMENT: PLOTTING DATAFRAMES
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From: Ian Intern (Summer Consultant)

Subject: Do you know Matplotlib?
Hi!
I need someone who knows Matplotlib for help with some

client work.
Can you plot Lodging Revenue and Other Revenue over time
for our hotel client?
Thanks!
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I need someone who knows Matplotlib for help with some Plot The DataFrame
client work.
Can you plot Lodging Revenue and Other Revenue over time
for our hotel client?
Thanks!
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FORMATTING OPTIONS
Matplotlib has these formatting options for PyPlot and Object-Oriented plots:
Figure Title
Y-axis Tick
Legend Figure Title fig.suptitle() plt.suptitle()
Axis Title Chart Title ax.set_title() plt.subtitle()
Y-axis Label X-Axis Label ax.set_xlabel() plt.xlabel()
Y-Axis Label ax.set_ylabel() plt.ylabel()
Legend ax.legend() plt.legend()

Text
X-Axis Limit ax.set_xlim() plt.xlim()
Y-Axis Limit ax.set_ylim() plt.ylim()
Axes X-Axis Ticks ax.set_xticks() plt.xticks()
Figure Y-Axis Ticks ax.set_yticks() plt.yticks()

Vertical Line
Vertical Line ax.axvline() plt.axvline()
Horizontal Line ax.axhline() plt.axhline()

X-axis Tick spine[‘bottom’]
Text ax.text() plt.text()
X-axis Label
Spines (borders) ax.spines[‘side’] plt.spines[‘side’]

CHART TITLES
The set_title() and set_label() methods let you add chart titles and axis labels
• fig.suptitle() serves as an overall figure title

FONT SIZES
You can modify chart font sizes with the “fontsize” argument
• You can specify the size in points (10, 12, etc.) or relative size (“smaller”, “x-large”, etc.)

CHART LEGENDS
The legend() method lets you add a chart legend to identify each series
• The series labels are used by default, but custom values can also be passed through

CHART LEGENDS
The legend() method lets you add a chart legend to identify each series
• The series labels are used by default, but custom values can also be passed through

LEGEND LOCATION
You can change the legend location with the “loc” or “bbox_to_anchor” arguments
• “loc” lets you set a predetermined location option
• “bbox_to_anchor” lets you set specific (x, y) coordinates
1
best (default)
upper right
upper left
upper center
lower right
lower left
lower center
center right
center left 0
center bbox
0 1

LEGEND LOCATION

LEGEND LOCATION

LEGEND LOCATION

LEGEND LOCATION
Setting coordinates beyond 1 will push the

legend outside the chart area
(useful when there is no whitespace!)
LINE STYLE
You can change the line style with the “linestyle”, “linewidth”, and “color” arguments
• Common line styles are “solid”, “dashed”, or “dotted” (you can also use “-”, “--”, or “:”)
We will dive into colors in depth later, including changing

the default color palette and using hex color codes!

AXIS LIMITS
The set_ylim() and set_xlim() functions let you modify the axis limits
• ax.set_xlim(lower limit, upper limit)
Your date x-axis ticks may change interval size!
PRO TIP: Keeping the base of the y-axis at 0

highlights the true magnitude of change across
periods and the differences between series

FIGURE SIZE
You can adjust the figure size with the “figsize” argument
• figsize=(width, height) – the default is 6.4 x 4.8 inches
PRO TIP: Increasing figure size lets you add

whitespace to your visual, which can reduce
clutter and add space to crowded axes

CUSTOM X-TICKS
You can apply custom x-ticks with the set_xticks() and xticks() functions
• ax.set_xticks(iterable)
This sets the xticks at every 2nd date from

the index and rotates them by 45 degrees

ADDING VERTICAL LINES
You can add vertical lines to mark key points with the axvline() function
Set the coordinate (in this case days since Jan 1, 1970)
and an optional color and style

TEXT
You can add text at specific coordinates with the text() function
• ax.text(x-coordinate, y-coordinate, string, additional text formatting)

PRO TIP: ANNOTATIONS
Annotations are a great way to call-out and label important datapoints

• ax.annotate(string, datapoint coordinate, text coordinate, arrow style dictionary, text formatting)
Annotations have many more options that we won’t cover in depth,

but the documentation has great examples worth looking into!
For a more info on annotations, visit: https://matplotlib.org/stable/tutorials/text/annotations.html#sphx-glr-tutorials-text-annotations-py *Copyright Maven Analytics, LLC
REMOVING CHART BORDERS
You can remove specific chart borders with ax.spines[].set_visible(False)
This removes the right and top borders

ASSIGNMENT: CHART FORMATTING
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Subject: RE: Final Charts for Client
Hi there!
The data you plotted earlier looks good, but can you clean up
the chart a little bit? I want it to to look polished for our client.
This is my last day in my summer internship and I want to get
hired back!
Thanks!

SOLUTION: CHART FORMATTING
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Subject: Final Charts for Client
Hi there!
The data you plotted earlier looks good, but can you clean up
the chart a little bit! Want to to look polished for our client.
This is my last day in my summer internship and I want to get
hired back!
Thanks!

LINE CHARTS
Line charts are used for showing trends over time

• ax.plot(x-axis series, series values, formatting options)
Column for each series

Dates as the index
PRO TIPS
Pivot tabular data to turn each unique series into a DataFrame column, and set the datetime as the index
Divide your series by the appropriate units while plotting to simplify the y-axis scale

LINE CHARTS
EXAMPLE Available Housing Units by Week

STACKED LINE CHARTS
Use stackplot() to create a stacked line chart, which lets you visualize the overall
trend over time, as well as its composition by series

STACKED LINE CHARTS
Use stackplot() to create a stacked line chart, which lets you visualize the overall
trend over time, as well as its composition by series
PRO TIP: Use the bottom series in the

stacked line chart to draw focus to its
individual trend – it’s the most visible!

PRO TIP: DUAL AXIS CHARTS
Use twinx() to create a dual axis chart, which lets you plot series with values on
significantly different scales inside a single visual
The “Inventory” values are so small compared to “Price” that

they appear to be 0 when plotted on the same y-axis

PRO TIP: DUAL AXIS CHARTS
Use twinx() to create a dual axis chart, which lets you plot series with values on
significantly different scales inside a single visual
Create a second axis (ax2) with ax.twinx(),

then create the desired plot on ax2
Note that using the figure level

legend picks up both series

ASSIGNMENT: LINE CHARTS
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Subject: Re: Re: Final Charts for Client
Hey again,
Great work on those charts!
Final request - we want to plot compare room nights booked

vs cancellations over time, we might need a dual axis chart to
effectively do this. I’m totally checked out, so can you do this?
You’ll be put in contact with the client soon.
Thanks!

SOLUTION: LINE CHARTS
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Subject: Re: Re: Final Charts for Client
Hey again,
Great work on those charts!
Final request - we want to plot compare room nights booked

vs cancellations over time, we might need a dual axis chart to
effectively do this. I’m totally checked out, so can you do this?
You’ll be put in contact with the client soon.
Thanks!

BAR CHARTS
Bar charts are used to compare values across different categories

• ax.bar(category labels, bar heights, formatting options)
Values in a single column

Categories as the index
PRO TIPS
Use .groupby() and .agg() to aggregate your data by category and push the labels into the index
Use Seaborn or the Pandas plot API for grouped bar charts

BAR CHARTS
EXAMPLE Median Home Price by City

PRO TIP: HORIZONTAL LINES
Use axhline() to add a horizontal line at a specified y-value on a bar chart

• This will typically be something to benchmark against, like a mean or target

HORIZONTAL BAR CHARTS
Use barh() to create a horizontal bar chart
Note that the Series in a horizontal bar chart are

sorted in the opposite order as in a vertical bar chart

PRO TIP: HIGHLIGHTS
Use the “color” argument to highlight the series you’d like to focus on
Use a list to specify the color for each Series

ASSIGNMENT: BAR CHARTS
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From: Sarah Shark (Managing Director)

Subject: CHARTS NEEDED ASAP
Hello,
Our hotel client is concerned about our intern’s departure.
I need YOU to step up and make sure they’re happy with us.
Start by taking a quick look at room nights and lodging by
country for our top 10 countries by total nights booked.
I expect the results in my inbox by morning (more details in

the notebook attached).
-S

ASSIGNMENT: BAR CHARTS
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Subject: CHARTS NEEDED ASAP
Hello,
Our hotel client is concerned about our intern’s departure.
I need YOU to step up and make sure they’re happy with us.
Start by taking a quick look at room nights and lodging by
country for our top 10 countries by total nights booked.
I expect the results in my inbox by morning (more details in

the notebook attached).
-S

STACKED BAR CHARTS
You can create a stacked bar chart by setting the “bottom” argument for the
second “stacked” series as the values from the bars below it
• This will use those values as the baseline for the stacked bars instead of the x-axis
The Oregon bars are plotted by using the

California values as their “bottom”

100% STACKED BAR CHARTS
To create a 100% stacked bar chart, convert your DataFrame to row-level

percentages before plotting

PRO TIP: GROUPED BAR CHARTS
You can create a grouped bar chart by reducing the width of each series and
shifting them evenly around their corresponding label
This shifts the bars to the left across

the x-axis by half their width
This shifts these bars to the right
Grouped bar charts are much easier to create

by using Seaborn or Pandas’ Matplotlib API

PRO TIP: COMBO CHARTS
You can create a combo chart by specifying different chart types in a dual axis plot
PRO TIP: Use the “alpha” argument to

modify the transparency of each plot
(0 is invisible and 1 is solid)

ASSIGNMENT: ADVANCED BAR CHARTS
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Subject: RE: RE: CHARTS NEEDED ASAP
Hello,
Nice work…so far. I need some more detailed views on the

breakdown of lodging revenue vs. other revenue by country.
Build a grouped bar chart with the lodging revenue and other
revenue for each country. Then, build a 100% stacked bar
chart showing how much each revenue category contributes
to overall country revenue. Add a reference line at 80% to
help illustrate which countries get less than 80% of their
revenue from lodging.
-S

SOLUTION: ADVANCED BAR CHARTS
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Subject: RE: RE: CHARTS NEEDED ASAP
Hello,
Nice work…so far. I need some more detailed views on the

breakdown of lodging revenue vs. other revenue by country.
Build a grouped bar chart with the lodging revenue and other
revenue for each country. Then, build a 100% stacked bar
chart showing how much each revenue category contributes
to overall country revenue. Add a reference line at 80% to
help illustrate which countries get less than 80% of their
revenue from lodging.
-S

PIE CHARTS
Pie charts are used to compare proportions totaling 100%

• ax.pie(series values, labels= , startangle= , autopct=, pctdistance=, explode=)
Values in a single column
Labels as the index
PRO TIPS
Keep the number of slices low (<7) to enhance readability – you can group “others” into a single slice
Use bar charts if you want to compare the categories – pies are for showing how they make up a whole
Donut charts make great KPI progress trackers
PIE CHARTS
EXAMPLE Homes Sold by City

PRO TIP: DONUT CHARTS
You can create a donut chart by adding a “hole” to a pie chart and shifting the labels
How does this code work?

• It pushes the data labels 85% of the way towards the edge of the pie chart
• Then adds a white circle that covers the center of the pie chart to the figure

ASSIGNMENT: PIE & DONUT CHARTS
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Subject: UPDATED CHARTS
Hello,
Our hotel client is looking for a pie/donut chart to represent

the share of revenue by country.
Create a pie chart with slices for the top 5 countries by

revenue, and a single “other” slice for the rest of the countries.
Need it ASAP.
Thx

SOLUTION: PIE & DONUT CHARTS
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Subject: UPDATED CHARTS
Hello,
Our hotel client is looking for a pie/donut chart to represent

the share of revenue by country.
Create a pie chart with slices for the top 5 countries by

revenue, and a single “other” slice for the rest of the countries.
Need it ASAP.
Thx

SCATTERPLOTS
Scatterplots are used to visualize the relationship between numerical variables

• ax.scatter(x-axis series, y-axis series, size= , alpha=)
One row per point x-series y-series
PRO TIPS
Modify the alpha (transparency) level to make overlapping points more visible
Bubble charts can be useful in some cases, but they often add confusion rather than clarity

SCATTERPLOTS
EXAMPLE Months of Supply vs. Median List Price

BUBBLE CHARTS
To create a bubble chart, specify a third series in the “size” argument of .scatter()
• You may need to apply some arithmetic to adjust the bubble sizes

HISTOGRAMS
Histograms are used to visualize the distribution of a numeric variable

• ax.hist(series, density= , alpha=, bins=)
numerical series
PRO TIPS
Modify the alpha (transparency) level to plot multiple distributions on the same axis
Set density=True to use relative frequencies on the y-axis (percent of total)

HISTOGRAMS
EXAMPLE Distribution Y-o-Y Growth in Home Price for Calendar Weeks

ASSIGNMENT: SCATTERPLOTS & HISTOGRAMS
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Subject: Additional Customer Profiling
Not bad rookie – thanks for the quick turnaround.
I need two more charts to help finalize a marketing strategy

targeting overseas guests:
1. A chart comparing average revenue per customer and

average nights stayed, with average nightly revenue as
the size of the bubbles (you’ll need to aggregate the data
by country)
2. The distribution of customer ages in France & Germany
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SOLUTION: SCATTERPLOTS & HISTOGRAMS
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September 4, 2022

Subject: Additional Customer Profiling
Not bad rookie – thanks for the quick turnaround.
I need two more charts to help finalize a marketing strategy

targeting overseas guests:
1. A chart comparing average revenue per customer and

average nights stayed, with average nightly revenue as
the size of the bubbles (you’ll need to aggregate the data
by country)
2. The distribution of customer ages in France & Germany
-sent from my yPhone

KEY TAKEAWAYS
Matplotlib has two methods for plotting data: PyPlot API & Object Oriented
• Both can visualize many data types (lists, DataFrames, etc.), but object-oriented plots are easier to fully customize
Object Oriented plots are built by adding axes to a figure

• You can layer on different elements to these objects to modify the chart formatting
You can create common chart types by using Matplotlib functions

• Each chart type can be customized further to create more advanced variations
Matplotlib's extreme customizability also adds complexity

• Understanding the anatomy of a Matplotlib figure helps pinpoint how to change every component in your chart

PROJECT DATA: COFFEE PRODUCTION

PROJECT DATA: COFFEE IMPORTS

PROJECT DATA: COFFEE PRICES

ASSIGNMENT: MID-COURSE PROJECT
Key Objectives
NEW MESSAGE
September 7, 2022 1. Read in data from multiple csv files
From: Sarah Shark (Managing Director) 2. Reshape the data to prepare it for visualization
Subject: Coffee Industry Deep Dive
3. Build & customize charts to communicate the
key insights to the client
Hi there,
I’m starting to trust you… which is rare. We just got an inquiry

from a major coffee trader looking to get an outside view on
the coffee industry. They’re particularly interested in Brazil’s
production relative to other nations.
We’ll also look at a comparison of importer volume vs the

prices they pay to understand if we can unlock margin by
diversifying into new markets.
Do well on this and you’ll be on promotion track.
section03_coffee_project_part1.ipynb

ADVANCED CUSTOMIZATION
In this section we’ll cover advanced customization techniques in Matplotlib, including

multi-chart figures, custom layouts & colors, style sheets, and more

• Understand how to build multi-chart figures both with
subplots and GridSpec layouts
• Learn how to customize chart colors, by leveraging

custom colormaps and creating your own!
• Take a look at pre-built stylesheets, and dive into the

settings behind them that allow for extreme chart
customization

SUBPLOTS
Subplots let you create a grid of equally sized charts in a single figure
• fig, ax = plt.subplots(rows, columns) – this creates a grid with the specified rows & columns
Column 0 Column 1
Row 0 (0, 0) (0, 1)
Row 1 (1, 0) (1, 1)

This creates a 2 row, 2 column
grid that can be populated with
individual charts

SUBPLOTS
(0, 0) (0, 1)
(1, 0) (1, 1)
Specify ax[row][column] to create

and modify individual subplots

SUBPLOTS

SUBPLOTS
Use the “sharex “& “sharey” arguments to set the same axis limits on all the plots
• This is set as “none” by default, but can be set to “all”, “row”, or “col”

SUBPLOTS
Subplots can be any chart type, and do not have to be the same type

ASSIGNMENT: SUBPLOTS
Results Preview
NEW MESSAGE
September 10, 2022
From: Wendy Whiz (Data Scientist)

Subject: Deeper Exploration
Hey there,
I want to get a quick read on the distribution of revenue by

customer for our top 5 countries – I’m working on a model for
a similar client and want to see if the distributions are similar.
Doesn’t need to be polished, just need the 5 histograms in a

single figure.
Thanks, and looking forward to working with you more!
Wendy
Section04_assignments.ipynb

SOLUTION: SUBPLOTS
Solution Code
NEW MESSAGE
September 10, 2022

Subject: Deeper Exploration
Hey there,
I want to get a quick read on the distribution of revenue by

customer for our top 5 countries – I’m working on a model for
a similar client and want to see if the distributions are similar.
Doesn’t need to be polished, just need the 5 histograms in a

single figure.
Thanks, and looking forward to working with you more!
Wendy
Section04_solutions.ipynb

GRIDSPEC
You can build layouts with charts of varying sizes by setting a gridspec object
• This creates a grid with a specified number of rows & columns
Column 0 Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Row 0
Row 1
Row 2
Row 3
Row 4
Row 5
Row 6
Row 7

GRIDSPEC
• Each axis, or chart, can then occupy a group of squares in the grid
Row 0
Row 1
ax1
Row 2
Use a slice to specify the ranges of Row 3

rows and columns for each axis
Row 4
Row 5
Row 6
Row 7

GRIDSPEC
Row 0
Row 1
ax1 ax2
Row 2
Row 3
Row 4
Row 5
Row 6
Row 7

GRIDSPEC
Row 0
Row 1
ax1 ax2
Row 2
Row 3
Row 4
Row 5
ax3
Row 6
Row 7

GRIDSPEC

GRIDSPEC

ASSIGNMENT: GRIDSPEC
Results Preview
NEW MESSAGE
September 12, 2022

Subject: Revenue Report Format
Hi there,
Big meeting with our hotel client coming up – we want to

propose a report format that will help track their revenue,
specifically with respect to their goal to get French customers
to surpass German customers.
Can you create a figure with a line chart tracking revenue by

category, a bar chart with revenue for the top 5 countries, and
a chart indicating progress towards our French revenue goal?
Thanks!

SOLUTION: GRIDSPEC
Solution Code
NEW MESSAGE
September 12, 2022
GridSpec Layout (see notebook for chart code):
Subject: Revenue Report Format
Hi there,
Big meeting with our hotel client coming up – we want to

propose a report format that will help track their revenue,
specifically with respect to their goal to get French customers
to surpass German customers.
Can you create a figure with a line chart tracking revenue by

category, a bar chart with revenue for the top 5 countries, and
a chart indicating progress towards our French revenue goal?
Thanks!

COLORS
You can pass colors to a plot by assigning them to a list
This assigns each color in the

list to each bar in the plot

COLORS
You can also loop through a list of colors to pass them to separate series in a plot

COLORS
Hex codes can be used to supply specific color pantones
PRO TIP: Sites like Google have

helpful hexadecimal color pickers

PRO TIP: COLOR PALETTES
You can also modify the entire color palette for the series in a plot
Default Color Map:
The “Set2” color map is applied here
Series colors are applied in this sequential

order (at 10+ series, the cycle repeats)
rcParams are the underlying settings for Matplotlib charts and can be
modified to gain a high level of customization (more on these soon!)
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ASSIGNMENT: COLORS
Results Preview
NEW MESSAGE
September 13, 2022

Subject: Re: Revenue Report Format
Hi again,
Love the layout, HATE the colors! Let’s show some polish by
getting away from the defaults.
Apply the “Set2” colormap to the line chart and look up the
national color hex codes for the top 5 countries to use them
for the rest of the charts.
Thanks,
Sarah

SOLUTION: COLORS
Solution Code
NEW MESSAGE
Apply Set2 (see notebook for chart code): :
September 13, 2022

Subject: Re: Revenue Report Format Country Colors:
Hi again,
Donut Chart
Love the layout, HATE the colors! Let’s show some polish by
getting away from the defaults.
Apply the “Set2” colormap to the line chart and look up the
national color hex codes for the top 5 countries to use them
for the rest of the charts.
Thanks,
Sarah

STYLE SHEETS
Matplotlib (and Seaborn) have style sheets that can be used instead of the default
The style is set in advance
The “fivethirtyeight” style

has larger font sizing, and
adds gridlines and a
background color

STYLE SHEETS
• You can still customize individual formatting options after setting a style

STYLE SHEETS
• You can still customize individual formatting options after setting a style
The Seaborn library has

additional styles that can
be used with Matplotlib
charts, like “darkgrid”

ADDITIONAL STYLES
These are some of the additional styles available in both libraries:

ASSIGNMENT: STYLE SHEETS
Results Preview
NEW MESSAGE
September 14, 2022

Subject: Re: Re: Revenue Report Format
Hi,
Layout and colors look great now, but can we spruce up the
chart styling?
Use a style sheet of your choice.
Once we’ve done that it should be ready to ship.
Thx
-S

SOLUTION: STYLE SHEETS
Solution Code
NEW MESSAGE
September 14, 2022
Style Setting Only (see notebook for chart code):
Subject: Re: Re: Revenue Report Format
Hi,
Layout and colors look great now, but can we spruce up the
chart styling?
Use a style sheet of your choice.
Once we’ve done that it should be ready to ship.
Thx
-S

STYLE PARAMETERS
Viewing the parameters of a style sheet can help format charts properly and provide
inspiration for your own formatting changes

PARAMETER GROUPS
There are 300+ parameters that can be modified, which fall into parameter groups:
axes Chart-level formatting axes.spine.top = False, axis.titlesize=‘Large’

date Date formatting options date.autoformatter.month = %Y-%m
figure Figure-level formatting figure.figsize = (8.5, 11), figure.facecolor=“grey”
font Font settings font.size = 16, font.style=‘helvetica’, font.weight=‘bold’
grid Gridline settings grid.linestyle = ‘:’, grid.linewidth = 2
legend Legend settings legend.loc = ‘lower right’, legend.frameon=False
savefig Saved figure Settings savefig.dpi = 1000, savefig.format = ‘png’
text Text settings text.color = ‘grey’, text.usetex = True
xtick/ytick X and Y tick settings xtick.labelcolor=‘green’, ytick.minor.visible = True
boxplot Settings for boxplots boxplot.whiskerprops.color = ‘orange’
hist Settings for histograms hist.bins = 20
lines Settings for line charts lines.linewidth = 2, lines.color = ‘red’,
scatter Settings for scatterplots scatter.marker = “+”
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MODIFYING PARAMETERS
There are two ways to modify parameters:
1. You can change individual parameters via assignment
2. You can change multiple parameters from the same group with the rc() function
Turn off top and right spines
Change default axes title size to 20 Modify
figure size to 8”x 6”
PRO TIP: Modify parameters to avoid having to

repeat the same formatting options on each chart

SAVING FIGURES
The savefig() function will save figures as an image file

• Simply specify the desired filename and format
Screenshotting the images with your operating

system’s snipping tool will often be sufficient for
building plots into presentations like this course ;).

SAVING FIGURES
The savefig() function will save figures as an image file

• Simply specify the desired filename and format
If no extension in the filename is specified, the

file will be saved as a .png. Most systems support
.jpg, .jpeg, .svg, and .pdf, among others. The
default resolution is 100dpi (pixels per inch)

KEY TAKEAWAYS
Subplots and GridSpec allow us to create multi-chart figures

• Subplots are equally sized grids, GridSpec allows for custom layouts
Colors can be set by specifying a colormap or by assigning colors to the data of

interest
• Common color names and hex codes can be used to assign colors to your data
Set a style to spruce up the default aesthetics, or use rcParams to completely

customize your charts
• Pre-built styles can add some nice aesthetic polish compared to the matplotlib defaults
• Understanding how to modify rcParams will allow you full control over chart customization, and reduce the need
for manual formatting

PROJECT DATA: OVERVIEW
Coffee Production

PROJECT DATA: OVERVIEW
Prices Paid To Growers

ASSIGNMENT: MID-COURSE PROJECT
Key Objectives
NEW MESSAGE
September 18, 2022 1. Read in data from multiple csv files
From: Clarissa Café (Coffee Client) 2. Reshape the data with Pandas to set up charts
Subject: Summary Report
3. Build and customize line charts, bar charts,
Hi there, histograms and more to communicate key
insights to our client
Sarah told me to reach out directly to you – we loved the work
you did on breaking down the industry, but we want to 4. Modify chart colors to represent national flags
summarize your findings on Brazil into a single figure we can
pass around. 5. Combine modified charts into a single report by
leveraging meshgrid and subplots
Can you combine your findings into a single figure report?
We’ll also want to modify colors. There are more details in the
attached notebook.
Thanks!
Clarissa
section05_coffee_project_part2.ipynb

DATA VISUALIZATION WITH SEABORN
In this section we’ll cover data visualization with Seaborn, another Python library that
introduces new chart types and layouts, and interacts well with Matplotlib

• Introduce the basics of plotting data with Seaborn
• Build variations of Matplotlib charts like bar charts and

histograms, as well as new visuals like boxplots, violin
plots, and linear relationship plots
• Create FacetGrid layouts as an alternative to subplots
• Integrate Seaborn plots with Matplotlib objects to get

the best of both worlds

MEET SEABORN
Seaborn is a Python library for built for easily visualizing Pandas DataFrames,
taking away some of the “drawing” required when using Matplotlib
‘sns’ is the standard alias for Seaborn
You simply need to specify

a DataFrame as the “data”
argument and set columns
as the “x” and “y” axes
Seaborn will automatically
aggregate the results!

MEET SEABORN
Seaborn is a Python library for built for easily visualizing Pandas DataFrames,
taking away some of the “drawing” required when using Matplotlib
You can change the aggregation method

and suppress the confidence intervals

CHART FORMATTING
You can apply chart formatting to Seaborn plots using Matplotlib arguments
• These are passed to the Matplotlib object that Seaborn creates internally
We’ll cover integration with Matplotlib later, which is where you’ll be able to
leverage the chart formatting skills you’ve learned throughout the course

CHART FORMATTING
Seaborn still has some useful chart formatting functions like despine()

BAR CHARTS
Bar charts can be created in Seaborn with sns.barplot()

• Simply specify the desired category labels and series values as “x” & “y” arguments
Note that Seaborn automatically aggregates the data for the plot, using unique category values as the labels
for the bars, the mean of each category for the bar length, and the column headers as the axis labels

BAR CHARTS
Bar charts can be created in Seaborn with sns.barplot()

• Simply specify the desired category labels and series values as “x” & “y” arguments
To create a horizontal bar chart, specify “x” as the data and

“y” as the labels. ci=None will suppress error bars.

GROUPED BAR CHARTS
Grouped bar charts can be created by specifying a categorical column as “hue”
You can also sort the bars by one of the

columns, and apply a different color map

HISTOGRAMS
Histograms can be created with sns.histplot() and a single “x” argument

HISTOGRAMS
Histograms can be created with sns.histplot() and a single “x” argument

• You can also specify the number of “bins” and add the kernel density (kde=True)
The default style for Seaborn plots can be

nicer than their Matplotlib counterparts,
and vice versa, so choose the library the
works best for each chart!

ASSIGNMENT: BASIC CHARTS
Results Preview
NEW MESSAGE
September 20, 2022

Subject: New Charts
Hi,
Need a few more views on the hotel data using Seaborn.
Can we look at the distribution of lodging revenue for each

booking? Only plot customers with less than 1,500 dollars to
weed out longer term stays.
Then, build a bar chart with the average room nights stayed
for our top 5 countries.
Thanks

SOLUTION: BASIC CHARTS
Solution Code
NEW MESSAGE
September 20, 2022

Subject: New Charts
Hi,
Need a few more views on the hotel data using Seaborn.
Can we look at the distribution of lodging revenue for each

booking? Only plot customers with less than 1,500 dollars to
weed out longer term stays.
The build a bar chart with the average room nights stayed for
our top 5 countries.
Thanks

BOXPLOTS
Boxplots can be created with sns.boxplot()

• They visualize the distribution of a variable by plotting key statistics
Q1 Median Q3
Min Q3+1.5*IQR
Boxplot statistics:
• Median (50th percentile) Max
• 1st & 3rd Quartiles (25th & 75th percentiles)

• Interquartile Range (IQR) Outliers
• Min & Max Values (or 1.5x the IQR)

• Outliers
IQR

BOXPLOTS
Boxplots can be created with sns.boxplot()

• They visualize the distribution of a variable by plotting key statistics
Specify a second axis to create

separate boxplots by category

VIOLIN PLOTS
Violin plots can be created with sns.violinplot()

• They are boxplots with symmetrical kernel densities along their sides

ASSIGNMENT: BOX & VIOLIN PLOTS
Results Preview
NEW MESSAGE
September 24, 2022

Subject: Re: New Charts
Hi,
Let’s view the distribution of lodging revenue using a boxplot

instead, once again capping the revenue at 1500.
Then filter the data to the top 5 countries and build a violin
plot of their lodging revenue, as well as their age distribution.
Sarah

SOLUTION: BOX & VIOLIN PLOTS
Solution Code
NEW MESSAGE
September 24, 2022

Subject: Re: New Charts
Hi,
Let’s view the distribution of lodging revenue using a boxplot

instead, once again capping the revenue at 1500.
Then filter the data to the top 5 countries and build a violin
plot of their lodging revenue, as well as their age distribution.
Sarah

LINEAR RELATIONSHIP PLOTS
Seaborn has several plots to explore linear relationships:
Creates a scatterplot sns.scatterplot(x, y, data)
Creates a scatterplot with a fitted regression line sns.regplot(x, y, data)
Create a scatterplot with a fitted regression line, and can visualize

multiple categories using color, or splitting into rows & columns sns.lmplot(x, y, hue, row, col, data)
Creates a scatterplot and adds the distribution for each variable sns.jointplot(x, y, kind, data)
Creates a matrix of scatterplots comparing multiple variables, and

shows the distribution for each one sns.pairplot(cols)

REGPLOT()
sns.regplot() creates a scatterplot with a fitted regression line

LMPLOT()
sns.lmplot() lets you explore the impact of other variables on the relationship
Specify the ‘hue’ to

create a line for each
category in the specified
column and set a
different color for each
category

LMPLOT()
sns.lmplot() lets you explore the impact of other variables on the relationship
Specify the ‘row’ and ‘column’ to

create regression plots for each
combination of variables
PRO TIP: This type of visual is great

for exploring your data, but way too
complex for a presentation!

JOINTPLOT()
sns.jointplot() creates a scatterplot and adds the distribution of each variable
The ‘kind’ argument has

several options like
‘kde’, which plots the
kernel densities, and
‘reg’, which plots the
regression line

PAIRPLOT()
sns.pairplot() creates a matrix of scatterplots comparing multiple variables, and

shows the distribution for each one along the diagonal
This lets you see the relationship between a diamond’s

weight (carat) and its length (x), width (y), and depth (z)
You can see that the weight of the diamond has a positive
relationship with height, width, and length, with the
relationships being VERY strong for width and depth

ASSIGNMENT: LINEAR RELATIONSHIP PLOTS
Results Preview
NEW MESSAGE
September 26, 2022

Subject: More Exploration
Hi there,
Can you produce charts to explore the relationship between

room nights and lodging revenue?
First for all the data and then for each top 5 country.
Can you also produce a pairplot comparing lodging revenue

to several key variables? (more details in the notebook)
Best,
Wendy

SOLUTION: LINEAR RELATIONSHIP PLOTS
Solution Code
NEW MESSAGE
September 26, 2022

Subject: More Exploration
Hi there,
Can you produce charts to explore the relationship between

room nights and lodging revenue?
First for all the data and then for each top 5 country.
Can you also produce a pairplot comparing lodging revenue

to several key variables? (more details in the notebook)
Best,
Wendy

HEATMAPS
Create a heatmap to visualize a table of data with sns.heatmap()
PRO TIP: Pandas’ pivot_table

method is a great way to set up
the data needed for a heat map!

HEATMAPS
Create a heatmap to visualize a table of data with sns.heatmap()
You can modify rcParameters

with sns.set(), but we’ll show the
syntax for combining Matplotlib
and Seaborn shortly!

ASSIGNMENT: HEATMAPS
Results Preview
NEW MESSAGE
September 26, 2022

Subject: RE: More Exploration
Hi there,
Last piece to help me look at features for my modeling work.
Can you build a heatmap with countries as rows and market

segment as columns with the mean lodging revenue for each?
Then build a heatmap for a correlation matrix.
Thanks,
Wendy

SOLUTION: HEATMAPS
Solution Code
NEW MESSAGE
September 26, 2022

Subject: RE: More Exploration
Hi there,
Last piece to help me look at features for my modeling work.
Can you build a heatmap with countries as rows and market

segment as columns with the mean lodging revenue for each?
Then build a heatmap for a correlation matrix.
Thanks,
Wendy

FACETGRID
Seaborn’s FacetGrid is a convenient alternative to Matplotlib’s subplot grids

• sns.FacetGrid(DataFrame, column, column wrap)
This creates 7 charts, one for each

“color”, in a grid with 3 columns

FACETGRID
Seaborn’s FacetGrid is a convenient alternative to Matplotlib’s subplot grids

• sns.FacetGrid(DataFrame, column, column wrap)
This plots a histogram of

“price” for each “color” in
the DataFrame

MATPLOTLIB INTEGRATION
You can build Seaborn plots in Matplotlib objects, which lets you customize and
integrate Seaborn charts as if they were built using Matplotlib
This creates a Matplotlib figure and axis, sets a Seaborn style,

creates a Seaborn bar chart, and then adds Matplotlib labels

MATPLOTLIB INTEGRATION
You can build Seaborn plots in Matplotlib objects, which lets you customize and
integrate Seaborn charts as if they were built using Matplotlib
This lets you specify which

axes to plot the chart on

KEY TAKEAWAYS
Seaborn is a user-friendly extension of Matplotlib

• It has a simple interface, nice aesthetics, and works well with Pandas DataFrames
Seaborn adds new chart types that are useful in exploring data
• Boxplots, violin plots, and linear model plots help profile data and identify relationships between variables
Seaborn is very compatible with Matplotlib

• Seaborn charts are extensions of Matplotlib objects, so they can be placed in Matplotlib figures
• Matplotlib formatting arguments can passed to corresponding Seaborn plotting functions

PROJECT DATA: USED CARS DATA

ASSIGNMENT: FINAL PROJECT
Key Objectives
NEW MESSAGE
October 10, 2022 1. Read in and manipulate data with Pandas
From: Aaron Auto (VP of Fleet Management) 2. Build summary charts with Matplotlib and Seaborn
Subject: Optimal Fleet Truck Purchase
3. Leverage Seaborn’s advanced chart types to mine
insights from the data and make a decision
Hello,
We need an outside analysis on auto procurement for our

fleet of service vehicles. We lease trucks to contractors and
other businesses, but a recent spike in demand has meant
we’re unable to get cars from traditional suppliers.
I want to see an overview of the automotive auction industry,

before diving into where we can get Ford F150s for the most
affordable price on the market (more details in the notebook).
Thanks
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With Expert Python Instructor Chris Bruehl

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Additional resources include:

Downloadable PDF to serve as a helpful reference when you’re offline or on the go

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PROJECT: Visualizing Coffee Industry Data

3 Advanced Customization Apply advanced customization techniques in Matplotlib, including multi-chart

PROJECT: Consolidating Coffee Industry Data into a Report

PROJECT: Highlighting Insights from the Automotive Auction Industry

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• Use Pandas to read & manipulate multiple datasets

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We’ll focus on creating static visuals & dashboards

We’ll use Jupyter Notebooks as our primary coding environment

You do NOT need to be a Python expert to take this course

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1) Go to anaconda.com/products/distribution and click

4) Follow the installation steps

2) Click X on the Anaconda Nucleus pop-up

3) Launch the downloaded Anaconda pkg file

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1) Go to anaconda.com/products/distribution and click

4) Follow the installation steps

2) Click X on the Anaconda Nucleus pop-up

3) Launch the downloaded Anaconda exe file

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1) Launch Anaconda Navigator 2) Find Jupyter Notebook and click

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If you close the server window,

Depending on your OS, and method

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Google Colab is Google’s cloud-based version of Jupyter Notebooks

To create a Colab notebook:

Colab is very similar to Jupyter Notebooks

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TOPICS WE’LL COVER: GOALS FOR THIS SECTION:

• Learn the common chart types and their use cases

• Apply data visualization best practices to create clear

• Address common errors and how to avoid them

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Data visualization allows you to bring your data to life

Prefrontal Cortex Visual Cortex

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In 10 seconds, what can you learn from the data below?

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What if you were given the averages?

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What if you visualize it?

This is a slight twist on

Despite sharing nearly

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• Time-series • Comparison • Analyst

• Categorical • Composition • Manager

• Numeric • Distribution • Executive

• Hierarchical • Relationship • General Public

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KPI CARD PIE CHART TABLE

LINE CHART BAR CHART SCATTER PLOT

Baseline must start at zero

AREA CHART 100% STACKED HISTOGRAM

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Chart formatting should be used to eliminate noise & facilitate understanding

BEFORE: Cluttered chart This is the right chart type… so why is it

× The chart border and gridlines are more

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Chart formatting should be used to eliminate noise & facilitate understanding

AFTER: Clear chart

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AFTER: Compelling chart

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Choosing the wrong visual to represent the type of data

Using a line chart, which is

Bar charts are great for showing

While a tree map can work,