Session 1
Course Overview & Introduction to the Data Science
Welcome to Technology Fundamentals for Business Analytics. We are going to familiarize you with all phases of the data science lifecycle and a wide variety of the technologies used.
Before Class
- Sign up for Slack here.
- Create a Github account.
- Download the Slack app for your desktop and phone.
- Download the Github Desktop app.
- Download Anaconda with Python 3.7.
- Sign up for Google Colab
I prefer to use Slack for class. It allows me to be more responsive and track communications. Students have found it useful and continue to use it even after the class.
Version control and reproducibility are important. We will use GitHub classroom to collect all assignments.
Class Objective:
In this class we will review the syllabus and discuss the broader issues of data analytics, the approach of the class, and the technologies to be utilized.
In Class Activities:
- The presentation will always be in Dropbox, which is always linked on on the main rpi.analyticsdojo.com website on the left side.
| What is Jupyter? |  |
| Notebook Basics | |
| Running Code | |
| Markdown | |
| More on Colab | |