Published inTowards Data Science·PinnedHow To Enhance Your EDA Visualizations Using FacetGrid and SeabornA step-by-step tutorial on how to use FacetGrid with the various features of Seaborn to create engaging visualizations for your exploratory data analysis — Just a little bit of background. Amidst the economic and political uncertainty and after witnessing the tragedy that ensued as the original epicenter of the outbreak during the COVID epidemic, 15 NYC Metro Area residents as fledging data scientists made the decision to begin their metamorphosis at the Flatiron School…Data Science8 min readData Science8 min read
Published inTowards Data Science·Aug 5, 2021How To Create Your Own Hate Tweet DetectorA step-by-step tutorial on developing a machine learning classification algorithm for detecting hate tweets in Python — What are the consequences of posting a hate tweet? On the tweet level, the following actions can be taken by Twitter: Label the tweet as containing disputed or misleading information Require you to remove the tweet before you can post again Hide the violating tweet while waiting for its removalHate Speech7 min readHate Speech7 min read
Published inAnalytics Vidhya·Jun 30, 2021How To Show Your Minority Class Much-Needed TLCA comprehensive hands-on tutorial on class imbalance with coding examples in Python — In the post-Corona era with the worst definitely behind us here in NYC and the States, we should all first of all take some time to give ourselves some long overdue TLC, but once that is all said and done, let’s talk about how to give your minority class some…Python12 min readPython12 min read
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Dec 16, 2020The Lesser of Two Evils in Machine Learning: Variance and BiasEvery society throughout mankind’s history has its own version of the fundamental principle of the lesser of two evils. In idyllic ancient Greece, Homer sang the tale of how Odysseus in his homeward journey is faced with the vexing choice of sacrificing six of his crewmen to satiate the voracious…5 min read5 min read
