Review: IBM Data Science Specialization on Coursera

I recently completed the IBM Certificate in Data Science on Coursera, a Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) platform. There are so many ways to learn data science these days, so I hope this review will help others looking for a starting place.  The Basics  10 course certificate program includes courses on Data Visualization, Data Analysis, Machine Learning,Continue reading “Review: IBM Data Science Specialization on Coursera”

How to Deepen Your Knowledge of Python

When I started my data science journey, one thing that was intimidating but highly advised was to start an independent project and share my work as soon as possible and invite feedback. It doesn’t have to be perfect. I got an account on Github, a website where people share and collaborate on code. I startedContinue reading “How to Deepen Your Knowledge of Python”

How a city planner got started coding in Python

As an urban planning student, I learned some great technical skills and software but I didn’t prioritize learning much about coding at the time. A couple of years ago, though, I was looking for a challenge and started hearing about how learning to code could help me automate boring workflows, analyze data, customize my GISContinue reading “How a city planner got started coding in Python”