This is a beginner's guide to setting up the tools I use on a daily basis in both research and as a data journalist. As an example, we will be manipulating and analyzing data from the Global Terrorism Database — which we used to create this interactive story.
This lesson-repo contains several elements:
- SETUP.md : Instructions on how to set up a Mac computer for python programming and data analysis
- GTD-2015-2016.xlsx: An Excel spreadsheet of data from the Global Terrorism Database, years 2015-2016.
- GTDExample.ipynb : Example JuPyter notebook.
To begin, start reading SETUP.md.