Final project

Notebook

• The final project is a short analysis of some dataset in the form of a Jupyter Notebook which will be submitted and added to this repo in the form of a pull request.

  • The steps to submit the pull request will be much like those of the mini-assignment.

• The notebook should describe (using text and figures):

  • The dataset(s) you investigated, and what you wanted to learn. At a bare minimum:

    • What do the nodes represent?

    • What do the edges represent?

    • How many nodes and edges are there?

    • Is the network weighted? If so, what do the weights represent?

    • Is the network directed? If so, what does the edge direction come from?

    • If there are multiple networks, how is each one different?

  • The methods you used, explained at a level that someone else in the class would definitely understand

  • The results you found, with a few figures showing these results

  • A brief discussion of the meaning of these results

• You are welcome to collaborate, but

  • Each student must submit their own notebook and write their own code.

  • If there’s something you want to collaborate more extensively on, discuss with instructor.

  • Acknowledge any people you collaborated with in the notebook.

• Reference any articles, data sources, etc. you used in your notebook.

• Notebooks are due Thursday, January 20th at 12pm (noon) ET. This will give me time to address any issues with your pull requests and merge them by the time we have presentations the next day.

  • You are encouraged to submit pull requests earlier than this, and I am happy to provide feedback!

Presentation

• Everyone will present their final projects on the last day of class, January 21st.

• Presentations should be ~7 minutes and we’ll have another ~3 minutes for questions.

• Presentation should briefly cover the same main points from the notebook.

  • Some details from the notebook you may not have time to cover in the presentation; that’s OK.