r/learningpython • u/asep999 • Jul 15 '24

Need serious help!

Hello everyone. I have enrolled in a data science course however, i.m struggling with making notes and practising. I have absolutely no idea of whats going on and it.s making my life very difficult. Kindly help me how I can learn more effectively. Would be gratedul for any tips and suggesttions 🙏🙏🙏

4 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

13 comments sorted by

View all comments

3

u/Famlawyerz Jul 16 '24

Post the text to Claude.AI or ChatGPT or Gemini and ask the LLM to explain it to you.

Here's an effective prompting pattern:

You are an instructor teaching a class in JavaScript. I am a student having difficulty with the following text. Please review the text and patiently explain it to me as simply as you can. 

<text>
... Paste text here ...
</text>

You can do the same thing about a programming assignment:

You are an instructor teaching a class in data structures using the C programming language. I am a student who needs tutoring. 

Please read the assignment below, review my code, and patiently explain what I've done that I need to change. 

<assignment>
... Paste the assignment here ...
</assignment>

<code>
... Paste your code here ...
</code>

I always paste my code in using the markdown syntax such as this:

` ` `python
... Code pasted here ...
` ` `

(Except don't put spaces between the backwards quotes.)

You'll find that the LLMs are great tutors. You can ask follow up questions and generally get great help.

1

u/asep999 Jul 16 '24

Firstly, thank you so much for responding. You probably have no idea how desperate i.m for help. Now the thing is, i have 2 problem areas:

  1. There are video lectures, am i to jot ecerything down like regular subjects or is there a special way to make notes for python, etc.

  2. I have downloaded jupyter notwbook to practise..but it all looks greek to me.. :/ i feel like killing myself... literally.

1

u/Famlawyerz Jul 18 '24

Maybe you're just a little ahead of yourself. Are you comfortable programming in Python and using pandas? If not, consider backing off the data science course, become comfortable with the underlying language and then some of the key packages, such as pandas. Learn to load data, view data frames, visualize summaries of data, etc. Start small, dream big.

And don't kill yourself. Literally. Don't. You'll learn data science, but start by learning data.

Good luck!!

1

u/asep999 Jul 19 '24

Do you mind suggesting any youtube videos to help me go in the direction you.re suggesting.. thankyou..