Add WIP draft of diverse filetypes lesson

config.yaml

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 # Order of episodes in your lesson
 episodes: 
 - introduction.md
+- working-with-diverse-filetypes.md
 
 # Information for Learners
 learners: 

episodes/working-with-diverse-filetypes.md

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+---
+title: "Handling diverse filetypes in Pandas"
+teaching: 10
+exercises: 2
+---
+
+:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: questions 
+
+- How can I read in different tabular data types to a familiar format in Python?
+- What are some common errors that occur when importing data, and how can I troubleshoot them?
+
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+
+::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: objectives
+
+- Import tabular data from XML, JSON, and Parquet formats to pandas dataframes using the `pandas` library
+- Import a table from a SQL database using the `pandas` library
+- Implement strategies to handle common errors on data import
+
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+
+
+::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: keypoints 
+
+- `pandas` has functionality to read in many data formats (e.g., XML, JSON, SQL,
+Parquet) into the same kind of DataFrame in Python. We can take advantage of this to
+transform many kinds of data with similar functions in Python.
+- `pandas` accepts both relative and absolute file paths on read-in.
+
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