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Boolean indexing and Matplotlib fun

Now let's look at how Boolean indexing can help us explore data visually in just a few lines of code. In this exercise, you'll practice many of the things you've learned - converting data from a dictionary into a useable pandas' DataFrame, indexing using Booleans, and then using matplotlib to visualize your data to learn about some relationships in the wildlife strikes data.

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Python for MATLAB Users

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Exercise instructions

  • Convert the strikes dictionary to a DataFrame.
  • Create a Boolean filter for 'Turbofan' in the 'Engine' column.
  • Create a Boolean filter for 'Turboprop' in the 'Engine' column.
  • Plot two scatter plots using turbofan and turboprop to filter the strikes dataset.

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

# Create a dictionary and then a DataFrame from the dictionary
strikes = {'Date': date,'Speed': speed,'Height':height,'Engine':engine}
strikes = pd.____(strikes)

# Filter strikes by engine type
turbofan = strikes['Engine']=='____'
turboprop = strikes['____']=='____'

# Create scatter plot of speed and height for each engine type
plt.scatter(strikes[____]['Speed'],strikes[____]['Height'],label='Turbofan')
plt.scatter(strikes[____]['Speed'],strikes[____]['Height'],label='Turboprop')
plt.legend()
plt.xlabel('Strike speed (knots)')
plt.ylabel('Strike height (feet)')
plt.show()
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