Python Topics for Data Analyst (Beginner to Advanced)
Beginner Level (Basic Python)
- Variables & Data Types (int, float, str, bool)
- Input/Output (input(), print())
- Conditional Statements (if, else, elif)
- Loops (for, while)
- Operators (+, -, *, /, ==, !=, and, or, etc.)
- String Handling & Indexing
- List, Tuple, Set, Dictionary (with methods)
- Functions (def, parameters, return)
- Built-in Functions (len(), type(), range(), etc.)
Intermediate Level
- File Handling (read/write CSV, TXT files)
- List Comprehension
- Lambda Functions
- Exception Handling (try-except)
- Working with Dates (datetime module)
- Regular Expressions (re module)
- Modules & Importing Libraries
Data Analysis Specific (Very Important)
1. NumPy
- Arrays, indexing, reshaping
- Mathematical & statistical functions
2. Pandas
- Series & DataFrame
Python Topics for Data Analyst (Beginner to Advanced)
- Importing/exporting CSV, Excel
- Filtering, sorting, grouping
- Missing value handling
- Data cleaning techniques
- Merge, join, concat
3. Matplotlib & Seaborn
- Line plot, bar plot, histogram, scatter plot
- Styling & customization
- Heatmaps, pair plots
4. Data Cleaning & Wrangling
- fillna(), dropna(), replace(), map(), apply()
- String operations in Pandas
- Handling duplicates, outliers
Advanced Level
- Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) steps
- Time Series Analysis basics
- Basic Statistics (mean, median, mode, std, correlation)
- SQL with Python (sqlite3 or Pandas)
- Basic Web Scraping (requests, BeautifulSoup)
- Jupyter Notebook usage
Bonus (Future Skills for Growth)
- Power BI/Tableau (for dashboards)
- Machine Learning Basics (optional)
- Git/GitHub (for projects)