title: .csv file is returning a "unicode error" when I attempt to import in python
body: <p>I am attempting to import a .csv dataset file using pandas on Jupyter notebook. I keep receiving the same "unicode decode error" message</p>
  
  <p>I've tried with and without <code>(r'file name')</code> and doubling up on backslashes, as well as using forward slashes</p>
  
  <p>this is my code</p>
  
  <pre><code>import pandas as pd
  df = pd.read_csv(r'C:\users\justanotheregg\Downloads\medals.csv')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>this is part of what I am receiving</p>
  
  <pre><code>UnicodeDecodeError                        Traceback (most recent call last)
  pandas/_libs/parsers.pyx in pandas._libs.parsers.TextReader._convert_tokens()
  
  pandas/_libs/parsers.pyx in pandas._libs.parsers.TextReader._convert_with_dtype()
  
  pandas/_libs/parsers.pyx in pandas._libs.parsers.TextReader._string_convert()
  
  pandas/_libs/parsers.pyx in pandas._libs.parsers._string_box_utf8()
  
  UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x92 in position 12: invalid start byte
  
  During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
  </code></pre>