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Project 9: Analysis of NYC Public School Test Results for SAT
1. Inspecting the data Photo by Jannis Lucas on Unsplash. Every year, American high school students take SATs, which are standardized tests intended to measure literacy, numeracy, and writing skills. There are three sections – reading, math, and writing, each with a maximum score of 800 points. These tests are extremely important for students and colleges, as they…
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Project 8: Netflix Movie Data – Analysis
1. Loading your friend’s data into a dictionary Netflix! What started in 1997 as a DVD rental service has since exploded into the largest entertainment/media company by market capitalization, boasting over 200 million subscribers as of January 2021. Given the large number of movies and series available on the platform, it is a perfect opportunity to flex…
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Project 7: The NYC Airbnb Market – Analysis
1. Importing the Data Welcome to New York City (NYC), one of the most-visited cities in the world. As a result, there are many Airbnb listings to meet the high demand for temporary lodging for anywhere between a few nights to many months. In this notebook, we will take a look at the NYC Airbnb market by…
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Project 6: Scala Programming History on GitHub – Analysis
1. Scala’s real-world project repository data With almost 30k commits and a history spanning over ten years, Scala is a mature programming language. It is a general-purpose programming language that has recently become another prominent language for data scientists. Scala is also an open source project. Open source projects have the advantage that their entire…
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Project 5: Exploring Fifa World Cup Data
This dataset (source) includes 44,066 results of international football matches starting from the very first official match in 1872 up to 2022. The matches range from FIFA World Cup to FIFI Wild Cup to regular friendly matches. The matches are strictly men’s full internationals and the data does not include Olympic Games or matches where at least…
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Project 4: Search for World’s Oldest Businesses
1. The oldest businesses in the world This is Staffelter Hof Winery, Germany’s oldest business, which was established in 862 under the Carolingian dynasty. It has continued to serve customers through dramatic changes in Europe such as the Holy Roman Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and both world wars. What characteristics enable a business to stand…
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Project 3: Reducing Traffic Mortality in the USA
1. The raw data files and their format While the rate of fatal road accidents has been decreasing steadily since the 80s, the past ten years have seen a stagnation in this reduction. Coupled with the increase in number of miles driven in the nation, the total number of traffic related-fatalities has now reached a…
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Project 2: Analyzing TV Data using Python
1. TV, halftime shows, and the Big Game Whether or not you like football, the Super Bowl is a spectacle. There’s a little something for everyone at your Super Bowl party. Drama in the form of blowouts, comebacks, and controversy for the sports fan. There are the ridiculously expensive ads, some hilarious, others gut-wrenching, thought-provoking,…
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Project 1: The World Bank’s international debt data
It’s not that we humans only take debts to manage our necessities. A country may also take debt to manage its economy. For example, infrastructure spending is one costly ingredient required for a country’s citizens to lead comfortable lives. The World Bank is the organization that provides debt to countries. In this notebook, we are going to…
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Ram Rallabandi 