This was the question I had to investigate for my Big Data Platforms final project using 25M+ tweets. The tweets, from mid-October through mid-November, were extracted from the Twitter API and were provided for the project through Google Cloud Storage. … Continue reading Is Twitter a Credible Source For COVID-19 Information?
Caesar Cipher While learning Python, I have worked on some interesting programming projects, but my favorite so far has been encrypting messages by using the Caesar cipher; a very popular and simple encryption technique. The Caesar cipher takes a letter … Continue reading Encrypting Messages in Python
I have been subscribed to 365 Data Science for just over a year now, and what I enjoy about their online training program is not only does it have courses for the basics and fundamentals in math, programming and data … Continue reading Fashion Analytics in Tableau
Given that this is a blog about my journey to becoming a data scientist, I found it apt to share on here my next step on this journey, which is that this fall I will be starting my Master of … Continue reading The University of Chicago: Master of Science in Analytics (MScA)
Data science is a huge interest of mine, and has been for quite some years now, but before I started spending all of my free time coding, I used to do art. So, one day I thought to myself, how … Continue reading Data Art: Voronoi Diagrams in R
Many people doubt statistics because it has the ability to prove lies and misinform. While statistics may be able to show a correlation between the number of storks and the number of babies in a country, and one could conclude … Continue reading The Data Detective
Conditional Statements, Functions, Sequences, and Iterations Welcome to part three and my final blog post in this Introduction to Python series. If you are brand new to Python and have not read parts one and two of this series, please … Continue reading Introduction to Python Part 3
Variables & Data Types, Basic Syntax, and Operators You are probably here because you read my blog post: Introduction to Python Part 1. If not, and if you are brand new to Python, then stop and read that post now. … Continue reading Introduction to Python Part 2
Getting Started with Python If you’re thinking about getting started with Python, this is the post for you. The truth is, before you can actually start coding in Python, there is some information and set up that you should know … Continue reading Introduction to Python Part 1
A Look at COVID-19 Search Behavior in 2020 As a search engine optimization (SEO) specialist, I am always interested in understanding how people search online, and the motivations and reasons behind their searches. Therefore, I was excited to look at … Continue reading Explore Google Trends Data with the ‘gtrendsR’ Package in R
Journey to Data Scientist 