1.3.2. Organizing in Tables

Our readings, from Computational and Inferential Thinking [ADW21], show how to create tables and manipulate them to organize the data in them. These again use the datascience library, especially its Table object.

• 3. Programming in Python

  • 3.4. Introduction to Tables

• 6. Tables

  • 6.1. Sorting Rows

  • 6.2. Selecting Rows

  • 6.3. Example: Population Trends

  • 6.4. Example: Sex Ratios

• 8. Functions and Tables

  • 8.1. Applying a Function to a Column

  • 8.2. Classifying by One Variable

  • 8.3. Cross-Classifying by More than One Variable

  • 8.4. Joining Tables by Columns

Reading Questions

• What percentage of Napoleon’s army survived his Russian campaign?

• How would you select all the NBA players whose position was center (“C”) and then sort them by salary?

• How would you give every player a 2% raise and store this in a new column?

• Which ice cream cone gives the most stars per $?