...of code working properly you can very quickly reuse the same code again, changing it to collect different metrics and dimensions. For example in the complete script I have quickly...
...and decision-making more transparent. Why use open source code for data analysis? To summarise many other articles on the benefits of using open source code for data analysis: Analyses and...
...to do this the first time you run it The script needs to be saved and authorised The code You can paste the code straight into the script editor window....
...if they want to learn. This blog gives free resources that the GDS Data Science team like (there are also many other good resources online). Introducing Data Science For a...
...a sustainable service that’s free for assisted digital users. This requirement is only unnecessary if there is demonstrable proof from user research that there are no users with assisted digital...
...their source code publicly available, although their code base has been carefully managed in a way that is ready for release. We are aware that there is full support at...
...tests for your code. Instead of spending time configuring your test suite, we have set up the pytest framework for you, as well as coverage.py for code coverage, so you...
...community. I’ve learned how to code in Python and implement various code libraries. I also created a set of tuned machine learning models to classify different crime types based on...
...code open and reusable, and publish it under appropriate licences (or provide a convincing explanation as to why this cannot be done for specific subsets of the source code). The...
...code available as open source. One recommendation for the future is to continue to clearly separate out secure code and patterns from the wider code base to allow more code...
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