
Program design: flight delays | Intro to CS – Python | Khan Academy
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Code along with a software engineer in this worked example using lists, strings, and CSV data. Apply the accumulator pattern to compare average departure delays across different airlines. Use separation of concerns to decouple the data normalization from the data analysis.
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 : problem statement
00:17 : CSV data format
00:54 : average departure delay
02:03 : debugging the average
03:06 : unique airline names
04:06 : data preprocessing
05:26 : analysis results