Beginner Python Roadmap for Data Analytics (No Math Background)
1. Python Basics (Foundational Skills)
- Variables & Data Types: int, float, str, bool, list, dict, tuple
- Operators: Arithmetic, comparison, logical
- Control Flow: if, else, elif, for and while loops
- Functions: def, arguments, return values
- Basic I/O: input(), print()
- Error Handling: Try/except blocks (basic level)
2. Working with Data Structures
- Lists - appending, slicing, looping
- Dictionaries - keys and values, lookups, updates
- Sets and Tuples - when and why to use them
3. Introduction to Libraries for Data Analytics
- Pandas: Reading data, exploring, filtering, grouping, cleaning
- NumPy: Arrays, fast math operations
- Matplotlib/Seaborn: Plots like line, bar, scatter, histogram
4. Data Cleaning & Preprocessing
- Removing duplicates
- Handling missing values
- String manipulation
- Formatting dates and times
5. Basic Descriptive Statistics
- Mean, Median, Mode
- Standard Deviation, Variance
- Correlation
- Percentiles and Distributions
6. Mini Projects / Practice
- COVID-19 data analysis
- Movie ratings analysis
- E-commerce sales analysis
Optional (Advanced Later):
- SQL basics
- Dashboards with Power BI/Tableau/Streamlit
- Basic Machine Learning
Summary Roadmap:
Stage | Topic | Key Tools
------|----------------------|-------------------
1 | Python Basics | Core Python
2 | Data Structures | Lists, Dicts
3 | Libraries | pandas, numpy, matplotlib
4 | Data Cleaning | pandas
5 | Stats Basics | pandas, scipy
6 | Projects | Jupyter Notebook