Merriam-Webster’s dictionary kindly provides us with a thoughtful and well-rounded definition of the word paradigm. It says that a paradigm is “a philosophical and theoretical framework of a scientific school or discipline within which theories, laws, and generalizations and the experiments performed in support of them are formulated.” Such a definition sets the stage for […]
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Book Review: SICP
Overview As part of a program of study wherein I am working my way through the materials recommended by Oz Nova and Myles Byrne, today I finished reading the first three chapters of The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs. Put simply, it is a trip. I have taken several courses over the years which purport […]
Coursera Capstone Project
Neighborhood Factors and Student Success Contents Introduction Methodology Results Discussion Conclusion References Introduction This project is designed to complete the Capstone, as described in IBM/Coursera’s certification course for Data Scientists. One of the requirements was that one should use data from Foursquare’s API to draw conclusions about geographic locations. Given my interest in performing more […]