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Week 15 – Predicting Loan Defaults

Well, the end is in sight! We have just completed the final assignment and week. This final assignment is a rather lengthy one, and is a cumulation of the last several weeks in R. The final assignment focuses on loan defaults. We were told that we work for a major financial institution as an RContinue reading “Week 15 – Predicting Loan Defaults”

Week 14 – Don’t Get Kicked!

We are starting to wrap the semester up! We have about a week and a half left. The assignment for Week 14 focused on the challenge that auto dealerships face when they purchase a used car at an auto auction. These auctions present a huge risk given that the purchased vehicle could have some seriousContinue reading “Week 14 – Don’t Get Kicked!”

Week 13 – Word-clouds, Tweets, and Topics

This week’s assignment was definitely one of my favorites – maybe even my favorite. I think the ability to analyze text and use word clouds to illustrate the results is absolutely incredible. I chose to analyze Trump’s Tweets; there were two options – Trump’s Tweets or Consumer Complaints. Regardless of political stance, I think thatContinue reading “Week 13 – Word-clouds, Tweets, and Topics”

Week 12 – Proc and Roll with R

I was finally able to focus on R this weekend and catch up on all of my assignments. I spent a lot of time in R, and I definitely feel more confident in the program now. I was FaceTiming with one of my friends who has a lot of experience in R, and she wasContinue reading “Week 12 – Proc and Roll with R”

Week 11 – Regression Predictions

This week we continue our progression in R. This project is very interesting because it is about airline delays! The project looks at regression and estimation tasks with R’s Im function and modelr package. The goal is to perform estimation and regression modeling in a simplified way without using the “bread-and-butter” of regression. This projectContinue reading “Week 11 – Regression Predictions”

Week 10 – Washington State Cannabis Sales and Regulatory Surveillance

I am still figuring out R. I know that the more and more time I spend in it, the more my confidence and knowledge will grow. Week 10’s assignment is very interesting. The data shows us Cannabis sales, inspections, and enforcement actions in Washington. This is so fascinating because this is such a hot topicContinue reading “Week 10 – Washington State Cannabis Sales and Regulatory Surveillance”

Week 9 – Midterm and R (Cont.)

I have been slightly behind due to being sick. I have basically finished my midterm. I feel confident in SAS, and I believe that my skills have really developed over the past several assignments. It is quite amazing to look back on my confusion and panic during the first week and to look at whereContinue reading “Week 9 – Midterm and R (Cont.)”

Week 8 – Midterm (Cont.)

The midterm has proven to be very challenging for me. I am still working on it. I think that the most difficult aspect of it has been translating the instructions into steps/tasks to complete. This assignment has definitely improved my thought process and independence in SAS though. It was a good assignment to end SAS.Continue reading “Week 8 – Midterm (Cont.)”

Week 7 – Midterm – Predicting House Prices

The midterm combines bascially everything we have learned so far. It is definitely proving to be challenging because we have less help with this assignment. The prior assignments had a lot of example code, although we have had to rely on this less and less as we have progressed. I think that this assignment willContinue reading “Week 7 – Midterm – Predicting House Prices”

Week 6 – Regression & Estimation

We moved on from the Opioid data this week. We are looking at data from Wine. This week is very interesting to me because I love wine! We used this new data to carry out a few basic tasks. Then we added some new tools to our toolbox – we performed some T-Tests and someContinue reading “Week 6 – Regression & Estimation”