- Go through Codecademy on Python if you haven't https://www.codecademy.com/learn/python
- Do Exercises 1-44 on https://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/
- Read "Introduction to Statistical Learning" to learn more stats: http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~gareth/ISL/
- Learn scipy / numpy / pandas by watching this webcast: http://www.oreilly.com/pub/e/3714
- Try to tackle the Kaggle Titanic challenge: https://www.kaggle.com/jeffd23/scikit-learn-ml-from-start-to-finish
Ben Root scipy talk link is now here:
https://www.oreilly.com/content/introduction-to-the-scipy-ecosystem/