16 Downloading Data
In this chapter, you’ll download datasets from online sources and create working visualizations of that data. You can find an incredible variety of data online, much of which hasn’t been examined thoroughly. The ability to analyze this data allows you to discover patterns and connections that no one else has found.
We’ll access and visualize data stored in two common data formats: CSV and JSON. We’ll use Python’s csv module to process weather data stored in the CSV format and analyze high and low temperatures over time in two different locations. We’ll then use Matplotlib to generate a chart based on our downloaded data ...
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