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Analyzing Categorical Data from the General Social Survey in Python

Analyzing Categorical Data from the General Social Survey in Python
Justin Saddlemyer
Justin Saddlemyer

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The General Social Survey (GSS) is one of the most important monitors of American societial attitudes and behaviors ove the last 50 years. The data is also chock-full of categorical variables to analyze!

In this session you'll analyze a subset of the GSS, exploring American culture and honing your categorical data analysis skills.

What will I learn?

  • How to create and update the categorical data type in pandas.
  • How to manipulate and aggregate categorical data..
  • How to visualize categorical data.

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