John NewcombMachine Learning: With Great Power, Comes Great ResponsibilityWhen tasked with a software engineering problem, the goal is almost always to provide a solution to the challenge in the most efficient way…Nov 29, 2021Nov 29, 2021
John NewcombPrincipal Component Analysis: The Dragon (Data Scientist) Warrior’s Secret TechniqueAs a neophyte data scientist, you typically work with datasets that are (perhaps surprisingly) relatively small. For example, a 20-column…Nov 4, 2021Nov 4, 2021
John NewcombPandas GroupBy: The Most Powerful Secret in PandasThe power of the Pandas Python module is no secret. Pandas module objects (DataFrames being the flagship) are nearly ubiquitous in pythonic…Sep 27, 2021Sep 27, 2021
John NewcombWhy I Decided to Become a Data ScientistFirst of all, I think that the term ‘data science’ somewhat obscures the activity from its identity: data science has been around for…Sep 7, 2021Sep 7, 2021