30Jul 2018 by Nic

Data Science Week 12 Fun with Python

Data Science, Python
Well I fell off the data science wagon for a couple weeks and jumped back on to have some fun with Python. Python thankfully is not a new language for me. However, prior to this course the last program I wrote in Python was for a programming class back in 2012. There was some serious dusting off the cobwebs for me as I was going through the Python lessons. Most of my prior Python experience was unrelated to data science. One thing about this challenge course is that the Python portion isn't super specific to data science. It's a general Python course with an overview of  data types and operators, control flow (if, elif, for and while statements). The challenge course has instructions on setting up Python with Anaconda and…
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06May 2018 by Nic

Data Science Challenge Scholarship

Data Science, Learning Resources, Python
While I was waiting to find out whether or not I would be accepted into phase 2 of the FEND I applied for the Bertelsmann Data Science Challenge scholarship. I figured it was worth a shot. Apparently it was because on May 2nd I received an email congratulating me on being accepted into the Data Science scholarship program. This scholarship opportunity is the first time I ever heard of the company Bertelsmann. I don't even know what they do. Even so I'm grateful for the opportunity to learn a new topic. The data science challenge program doesn't officially start until May 8th. In the meantime, I joined the programs Facebook community which has been... interesting. There's all sorts of different people. Some even in the FEND program like me. Some stay at…
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