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Alex Kirkup

Alex Kirkup

Experiments in regression #2 — feature selection first?

Two methods of feature selection using scikit learn and mlxtend — do they improve upon the accuracy of my baseline?

Feb 3

Experiments in regression #2 — feature selection first?

Feb 3

Alex Kirkup

Experiments in regression #1 — treat linear regression as a baseline

Why you should use it as your starting point, not as the goal of your regression project in Python.

Jan 24

Experiments in regression #1 — treat linear regression as a baseline

Jan 24

Alex Kirkup

Can a machine learning model predict final exam grades better than classroom teachers?

Applying a multiclass classification model to predict final GCSE grades in mathematics at a UK secondary school.

Jul 17, 2023

Can a machine learning model predict final exam grades better than classroom teachers?

Jul 17, 2023

Alex Kirkup

A generic CSV importer for any Django model, part 1

Rather than write a custom script to import CSV files specific to each Django model, here is generic method to bulk import for any model.

Apr 13, 2023

A generic CSV importer for any Django model, part 1

Apr 13, 2023

Alex Kirkup

Web scraping 2023 data science jobs on Indeed to extract the key skills required

Applying data science skills to the data science job search.

Mar 22, 2023

Web scraping 2023 data science jobs on Indeed to extract the key skills required

Mar 22, 2023

Alex Kirkup

Seaborn doesn’t like dates: using date ordinals instead

The problem

Mar 2, 2023

Seaborn doesn’t like dates: using date ordinals instead

Mar 2, 2023

Alex Kirkup

Clean a Kaggle dataset with Pandas and insert into a Django database using Python

Cleaning and utilising the Amazon Data Science Books Dataset from Kaggle

Feb 18, 2023

Clean a Kaggle dataset with Pandas and insert into a Django database using Python

Feb 18, 2023

Alex Kirkup

Making error messages visible in Django forms

I had created a form in Django which acted correctly upon successful submission, saving to the database and showing a success message…

Oct 5, 2022

Making error messages visible in Django forms

Oct 5, 2022

Alex Kirkup

The “ManagementForm data is missing or has been tampered with” error in Django

In Django, multiple of the same forms can be shown using Formsets.

Sep 26, 2022

The “ManagementForm data is missing or has been tampered with” error in Django

Sep 26, 2022

Alex Kirkup

Creating dynamic labels for Django form fields

Fields in Django forms can be pre-populated with data, the most obvious being the model instance (or database entry) which is being…

Sep 21, 2022

Creating dynamic labels for Django form fields

Sep 21, 2022

Alex Kirkup

Alex Kirkup

Data Analytics Lead and Maths Teacher at a thriving UK secondary school. Python+Django / SQL / Excel / Statistics. https://github.com/alex-kirkup/portfolio

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