define the workshop directory

[goi42]

define the workshop directory

[goi42]

python-ecology-lesson/_episodes/04-data-types-and-format.md

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df_na.to_csv('data_output/surveys_complete.csv', index=False)

The Writing Out Data to CSV exercise fails with an OSError because the data_output/ directory does not exist.

Either this subdirectory should be created as part of defining the workshop directory in an earlier lesson (as described above), or instructions should be added to the lesson for how to create this subdirectory.

[goi42]

Lesson 5 repeats the Writing Out Data to CSV exercise using concatenated data frames, but this time stores the output in the data/ subdirectory instead of data_output.

It would be better to be consistent across these exercises, especially since the Before we start lesson makes a point of maintaining good directory organization.

[btovar]

@goi42 I agree with you about the consistency of data and data_output. Would you like to make a pull request to fix this one?