My thoughts after reading Mismatch by Kat Holmes — My very first day of college, I walked across Grounds to the Architecture School for a course called “Gender & Built Environment.” …

Don’t be complacent in your creative efforts — Example data: https://www.kaggle.com/arashnic/hr-analytics-job-change-of-data-scientists?select=aug_train.csv Back in June of 2019, I wrote one of my first articles on Medium. I’ve always had a passion for data visualization and wanted to write a piece about it, more for myself than for anyone that would read it . I created example visuals and combed…

The terribly common narrative of a secretly struggling student. — TW: depression, anxiety, suicide What does the typical college student look like? Maybe you think of the young woman pulling an all-nighter in the library stacks, perusing through textbooks as she studies for her big exam, and canceling her yoga class she planned to attend the next morning. Or, you…

The instant gratification of working code turned into the extended gratification of loving what I do. — I, just like many others in this crazy, confusing world, struggle with mental health from time to time. Since the conclusion of my high school career, I have felt like I was standing at the edge of a cliff covered in fog, not knowing what lay ahead of me or…

You would think 480 hours would be enough for me. — In my opinion, there is nothing more mentally draining than sitting in a classroom being lectured about material you already understand pretty well. This is the reason why I withdrew from one of the two statistics courses I was enrolled in this semester- this course was about the design and…

How being a female student of a male-dominated field affects your mentality I am a woman and I love to code. My element is sitting in front of my laptop with my blue-light blocking glasses on, sipping on my cold brew coffee and diving into my R Studio session, usually…

How an algorithm learned what Pokemon are legendary and which are not worth your Ultra Ball A week or so ago, I wrote an article about predicting the outcome of a battle in Game of Thrones in order to talk through topics including Pipelining and Stacked Regression. I sent this…

Using Python, R, Tableau, and RawGraphs to effectively and beautifully communicate your data I understand. Maybe you forgot about your presentation this afternoon. Maybe you have 5 minutes to throw together the 3 visuals your boss wants on his desk by the end of the day. Maybe you’re just tired…

Understanding the differences & the various models for each — Regression vs Classification In order to decide whether to use a regression or classification model, the first questions you should ask yourself is: Is your target variable a quantity, a probability of a binary category, or a label? If it’s one of the former options, then you should use a regression model. This…