✅ Week 10 - Checklist

DS105 - Data for Data Science

Your weekly time management tips in relation to this course ¹:

• ✍️ Practice!: (Monday - Wednesday)

  • Revisit the reasoning process I demonstrated on 👨‍🏫 Week 08 lecture. Make sure you understand why I opted for functions instead of for loops.

  • This content is key to your progress. If you see yourself having to write lots of if-else and for loops, try to switch to functions and vectorised operations whenever possible.

  • While it is fine to use these basic features when you are learning how to program, in data science it is best to use vectorized operations whenever possible.

  • To put it another way: have you mastered pandas (Python), or tidyverse (R) already? :)

  • Check the links in the 🔖 Week 05 - Appendix to be redirected to the documentation and tutorials of the main packages we have been exploring.

• 🧑‍🏫 Attend the lecture! (Tuesday)

  • The second half of the lecture will be just to support you with your projects. If you are struggling to get rid of unnecessary if-else and for loops, this is a good place to ask questions and get assistance.

• 🧑‍💻 Prepare for the lab (Thursday/Friday): In order for us not to lose time during the labs we would ask you to do several things before you attend the seminars:

  • Create a dedicated Github repository for your project. Give this repository a meaningful name and add your team members as collaborators.

• 🧑‍💻 Attend the lab! (Friday)

• ✋ Attend the drop-in session (Early next week)

  • I will be hosting a drop-in session next Monday 5 December 2022 from 1.30pm-3.30pm at 32L.LG.04. Come along!

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• 📟 Struggling with something? Share your questions on the #week10 channel in our Slack.

• 👂Want to talk to someone else about this course? Try reaching out to your course representative, @Amara Otero Salgado on Slack.

Footnotes

1. Needless to say, this is just a suggestion of how to plan your week. Ultimately, you are the best judge of your time!