Skip to learning content

DATA SCIENCE PYTHON PLAYGROUND

Data Foundations

← Choose a deck
Visualise · Practical data briefs

Workflow Challenges

Lessons teach the tools. Workflow Challenges ask you to use them.

Choose any brief. Each uses small synthetic datasets and runs independently. Time estimates are loose guidance.

10 independent briefsOpen any case file
VC01
Café / orders

Which café category is busiest?

Help the café team compare demand for each drink after normalising inconsistent labels.

Table Demand comparison
~10–15 mintext quality · frequencies · communication
Open brief
VC02
Delivery / logistics

How are delivery times distributed?

Show how delivery durations are distributed, excluding measurements that cannot be interpreted.

Table Duration distribution
~10–15 minnumeric quality · distribution · communication
Open brief
VC03
Student attendance / study

Do longer sessions relate to better scores?

Explore the relationship between study hours and score without treating it as evidence of causation.

Table Relationship view
~10–15 mincomplete pairs · association · communication
Open brief
VC04
Measurements / activity

What changed over time?

Communicate the total recorded steps each day, combining all observations on that date.

Table Daily activity
~10–15 mindates · aggregation · change over time
Open brief
VC05
Measurements / activity

Which group has the higher average?

Compare mean activity duration between Morning and Evening groups using known durations only.

Table Mean comparison
~10–20 minmissingness · comparison · fair scales
Open brief
VC06
Student attendance / study

Show a small sample honestly

Show every attending learner’s score so a small sample is not hidden behind a summary.

Table Individual observations
~10–20 minpopulation · variation · transparency
Open brief
VC07
Delivery / logistics

Compare spread, not just averages

Compare the centre and spread of delivery durations across depots.

Table Spread comparison
~10–20 mindata quality · distribution · outliers
Open brief
VC08
Measurements / activity

Put the benchmark in context

Show daily recorded steps against a supplied benchmark of 9,000 steps per day.

Table Benchmark context
~10–20 minaggregation · reference values · communication
Open brief
VC09
Café / orders

Two views of one question

Give the morning team two views of the same eligible orders: drink frequency and price distribution.

Table Two-panel report
~10–20 minpopulation · comparison · distribution
Open brief
VC10
Products / sales

Prepare a shareable figure

Prepare a clear, exportable comparison of units sold by product category.

Table Shareable figure
~10–20 minadditive measures · comparison · export
Open brief