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| Python Basics | |||
| Author | Expertise | Tool | Industry |
| Darryl Buswell | Exploratory Analysis | Python | Entertainment |
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Employed basic Python syntax on Star Wars script data to determine which character speaks most often. |
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Star Wars Episode IV script. [link] |
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| If Statements and Loops | |||
| Author | Expertise | Tool | Industry |
| Darryl Buswell | Exploratory Analysis | Python | Government Policy and Planning |
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Use of Python to read/ parse a raw dataset, convert data types, apply IF statements, and apply for loops in order to find which US city has the lowest rate of violent crime. |
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Number of incidents of 'violent crime' within each US city for 2013. [link] |
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| Dictionaries | |||
| Author | Expertise | Tool | Industry |
| Darryl Buswell | Exploratory Analysis | Python | Environment |
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Application of Python functions to parse data, apply IF statements, and create a dictionary in order to calculate the frequency of different weather conditions in Los Angeles. |
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Historic daily weather conditions for Los Angeles. [link] |
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| Functions and Debugging | |||
| Author | Expertise | Tool | Industry |
| Darryl Buswell | Exploratory Analysis | Python | Entertainment |
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Use of Python functions which tokenize string data, check for syntax and index errors, and normalize data dictionaries in order to provide a check for spelling errors within text data. |
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Short story text file with a number of spelling mistakes. [link] |
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| Modules and Classes | |||
| Author | Expertise | Tool | Industry |
| Darryl Buswell | Exploratory Analysis | Python | Sports and Recreation |
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Employed modules and classes in Python to determine the number of wins for an American National Football League (NFL) team using data from 2009 to 2013. |
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National Football League (NFL) win/ loss records for each game from 2009 to 2013 |
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| Enumeration and Catching Errors | |||
| Author | Expertise | Tool | Industry |
| Darryl Buswell | Exploratory Analysis | Python | Government Policy and Planning |
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Use of the enumerate function, list comprehensions, try/ except blocks, and the None type in Python, while finding the most common names for US Congressman/ Congresswomen. |
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Members of the United States Congress (1789-Present) and congressional committees (1973-Present) in YAML. [link] |
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| Indexing and More Functions | |||
| Author | Expertise | Tool | Industry |
| Darryl Buswell | Exploratory Analysis | Python | Transportation |
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Application of Python functions to create a 'while' loop, use the 'break' keyword, and add named and optional arguments to a function in order to find which US airlines experience the most delays. |
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US airline flight delay statistics from the US Department of Transportation's (DOT) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). [link] |
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| Scopes and Debugging | |||
| Author | Expertise | Tool | Industry |
| Darryl Buswell | Exploratory Analysis | Python | Securities and Finance |
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Use of scopes and debugging in Python while analyzing student loan defaults in the US. |
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| Dataset | |||
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Student loan debt data (e.g. number of borrowers and defaulted borrowers) for educational institutions within the US. |
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| Object-Oriented Programming | |||
| Author | Expertise | Tool | Industry |
| Darryl Buswell | Exploratory Analysis | Python | Sports and Recreation |
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Object oriented programming in Python, including writing organized sensible code and implementing comparison operators, to compare the average ages of players on various NBA teams. |
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| Dataset | |||
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NBA players data (e.g. player name, position and points per game) from the 2013-2014 season. [link] |
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| Exception Handling | |||
| Author | Expertise | Tool | Industry |
| Darryl Buswell | Exploratory Analysis | Python | |
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Example exception handling code in Python applied to recorded chopstick 'food pinching efficiency' data. |
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Recorded 'food pinching efficiency' for 31 male junior college students and 21 primary school pupils who used chopsticks of various lengths. |
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| Lambda Functions | |||
| Author | Expertise | Tool | Industry |
| Darryl Buswell | Exploratory Analysis | Python | Information Technology |
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Advanced string manipulation and anonymous functions in Python in order to assess characteristics of a list of user passwords. |
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