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"\n",
"This notebook is adapted by Zhuo Chen from the notebooks created by [Nathan Kelber](https://github.com/ithaka/tdm-notebooks/blob/e6275296c010280909e90e3ea47922d52d99c5a7/pandas-1.ipynb), [William Mattingly](https://github.com/wjbmattingly/tap-2022-pandas) and [Melanie Walsh](https://github.com/melaniewalsh/Data-Analysis-with-Pandas) under [Creative Commons CC BY License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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"For questions/comments/improvements, email zhuo.chen@ithaka.org or nathan.kelber@ithaka.org.
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"# Pandas Basics 1\n",
"\n",
"**Description:** This notebook describes how to:\n",
"* Create a Pandas Series or a DataFrame\n",
"* Create a dataframe from files of different formats\n",
"* Explore the data in a dataframe\n",
"* Access data from a dataframe\n",
"* Set values in a dataframe\n",
"* Create a new column based on an existing one\n",
"\n",
"This is the first notebook in a series on learning to use Pandas. \n",
"\n",
"**Use Case:** For Learners (Detailed explanation, not ideal for researchers)\n",
"\n",
"**Difficulty:** Beginner\n",
"\n",
"**Knowledge Required:** \n",
"* Python Basics ([Start Python Basics I](../Python-basics/python-basics-1.ipynb))\n",
"\n",
"**Knowledge Recommended:** \n",
"* [Python Intermediate 2](../Python-intermediate/python-intermediate-2.ipynb)\n",
"* [Python Intermediate 4](../Python-intermediate/python-intermediate-4.ipynb)\n",
"\n",
"**Completion Time:** 90 minutes\n",
"\n",
"**Data Format:** .csv, .xsxl\n",
"\n",
"**Libraries Used:** Pandas\n",
"\n",
"**Research Pipeline:** None\n",
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"## Introduction\n",
"\n",
"