Python Data Analysis for Absolute Beginners: A Step-by-Step Guide to Learning Pandas, NumPy, and Matplotlib with Real-World Projects and No Prior Coding Experience Required

by Donald Ward

Master the essentials of Python data analysis — even if you’ve never written a single line of code. Learn how to explore, clean, and visualize data using real-world examples and modern tools.

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Python Data Analysis for Absolute Beginners is your complete, beginner-friendly roadmap to understanding data analysis from the ground up. Using clear explanations and practical exercises, this book walks you through Python’s most powerful data libraries — Pandas, NumPy, and Matplotlib — without assuming any prior programming experience.

You’ll learn how to load and manipulate datasets, perform meaningful calculations, and create professional-quality charts that make data insights come alive. Each concept is reinforced through simple, real-world mini projects such as tracking personal expenses and analyzing sports data, ensuring you gain hands-on experience that builds confidence and clarity.

By the end of this book, you’ll have the practical skills to collect, process, and visualize data — the same foundation used by today’s top analysts, data scientists, and AI professionals.

Key Features &

Learn Pandas, NumPy, and Matplotlib step by step using beginner-friendly examples.

Build real-world mini projects like expense tracking and sports analytics.

Understand how to clean, transform, and visualize data effectively.

Discover modern best practices for Python data analysis in 2025 and beyond.

No coding experience required — written for complete beginners who want real skills fast.

About the
Donald Ward is a passionate educator and Python developer who specializes in making complex data concepts simple and approachable. He helps beginners gain real-world analytical skills that open doors to careers in tech and data science.

132 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 6, 2025

About the author

Donald Ward sold his first story to CBC when he was nineteen-years-old and has written professionally for the last forty years. His fiction is thoughtful and humourous and always accessible, no matter how fantastic his grounding premise may be. In 2004 his short fiction collection Nobody Goes to Earth Any More, won the Saskatchewan Book Award for Book of the Year, and his story Badger won the 2009 CBC Literary Award. Ward is also an editor and book designer and his books have been awarded distinction at the annual Saskatchewan Book Awards. He has written, co-written, ghost-written, edited, and/or designed more than 120 volumes of non-fiction and fiction. Ward lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.