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Python Data Science Mistakes to Avoid

Madecraft

Python Data Science Mistakes to Avoid

Madecraft

Instructor: Madecraft

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
4 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • How to write clean, well-named, well-documented Python that you and your teammates can run, debug, and build on.

  • How to spot and fix data mistakes, messy files, outliers, wrong structures, that quietly wreck your analysis.

  • How to pick reliable model features and avoid ML traps like redundancy and features missing at test time.

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July 2026

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There are 5 modules in this course

The small habits you build while coding decide whether future-you (and your teammates) can actually use your work. In this module, you'll apply practical conventions, like clear comments, organized directories, relative paths, tests, and precise names, so your code stays readable, runnable, and easy to share.

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10 videos2 readings2 assignments

How you structure code determines whether it runs at all, and whether you can maintain it later. In this module, you'll restructure common trouble spots, from looping over lists to ordering functions and untangling dependencies, so your programs run cleanly and stay easy to work with.

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5 videos2 assignments

Your model is only as good as the data you feed it, and rushing past your data is where many projects quietly go wrong. In this module, you'll inspect, visualize, clean, and correctly update your data so the decisions and models that follow rest on an accurate foundation.

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6 videos1 reading2 assignments

Your model's ability to generalize depends on the feature choices you make well before you tune any algorithm. In this module, you'll select features that will still be available on unseen data and prune redundant ones so your models generalize well and stay efficient.

What's included

2 videos1 reading1 assignment

Your data science practice grows stronger every time you spot and fix a mistake before it reaches your output. In this module, you'll identify trusted external resources, from official Python documentation to professional data science platforms, to sustain the habits that keep your Python data science work clean, reliable, and efficient.

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1 video1 assignment

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