A Professional’s Tutorial to Python Making Fictional Data

This tutorial will help learners showcase data science skills

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Welcome to ninth, in a series of tutorials that teach beginner Python specifically for aspiring data scientists. For an overview of these tutorials, click here.

Introduction

I want you to make fictional data. I really want this for you. The reason I want this for you is because, if you’ve been following along with this sequence of tutorials, making fictional data will showcase what you’ve learned ways that will support your journey towards data science.

Bonus, having made a new set of fictional data you will have a set of data that nobody else has (unless you share it). When you use your own personally created data for future projects you’ll be making, producing, and distributing something new and unique. It’ll help you and your professional portfolio stand out from the pack.

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You might be skeptical.

I won’t question your skepticism.

Instead I will explain that while real-world data provides the raw materials for most of…