Entering Data

It can be a good idea to put down a few values directly in your code to create an object to try things on. First, you can use this new "synthetic" dataset to write more code while waiting for the real data. Second, you can use this dataset to debug your code (find the source of an error and fix it). When you complete this section, you will know several ways of creating data objects manually.

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