How to generate random numbers and set seeds in R
Lets learn how to generate random numbers in R. There might be occasions where you'd want to draw random numbers but want to be...
How to fail and still succeed – a little data science fun
This past week has been brutal on my sinuses. And being that I'm the type who has to find some science in nearly everything....
Data Wrangling: Cleaning up Ohio Crime Data for Machine Learning
Often it seems like the biggest part of machine learning is actually acquiring and cleaning up data. The state of Ohio provides crime data...
How to select the best model from multiple machine learning algorithms
There are many ways to figure out which machine learning algorithm is the best for your dataset. One, you can just pick one and...
Set up the best parameters for Deep Learning RNN with Grid Search
Most of the time I've spent on Kaggle contests have been hyperparameter optimization. It's a major part of deep learning and fine tuning if...
How to setup a WordPress Google sitemap plugin
I have quite a few Wordpress sites running Google XML Sitemaps. It works well and is pretty much hassle free. I've been running it...
How to use the str function in R
What is str? Str is a compact way to display the structure of an R object.
This allows you to use str as a...
How to: Import NFL Data into R / R Studio – HTML import
If you want to start running some cool analysis on NFL data (or any other sport for that matter) there are a number of...
How to import data into Python to run Machine Learning projects
One of the most important aspects of running any machine learning program is the ability to pull in data from various sources and of...
Best practices for naming variables in Python
When naming variables in Python there are some best practices that we will discuss. If you don't follow the best practices you'll get errors...