Completed 500+ hours of hands-on experience in data science and machine learning with Python, R, MySQL, Git/GitHub, Jupyter, and Spark.Data Analysis Topics: - descriptive/inferential statistics; missing value imputation; data cleaning, transformation, and wrangling; data analysis and visualization.- R Libraries: tidyverse (dplyr, ggplot2, tidyr, lubridate, glmnet, caret, e1071, MASS)- Python Libraries: regex, numpy, scipy, pandas, scikit-learn, statsmodels, matplotlib, seabornMachine Learning Algorithms:- Linear/multiple regression, logistic regression, generalized linear models, Ridge, Lasso, and Elastic Net regression- Decision trees, random forests, gradient boosting, k-nearest neighbors (KNN), support vector machines (SVM), discriminant analysis / Naive Bayes- K-means clustering, hierarchical clustering, principal component analysis, dimension reduction, and more- Collaborated with 7Park Data, Inc. to forecast Zillow Rent Indices for four major metropolitan areas in the United States using ARIMA, Principal Component Analysis, and Random Forest regression at the zip code level. Utilized hierarchical clustering to identify zip codes with similar socioeconomic factors.- Implemented regression and ensembled model techniques to predict housing sale prices for residences in Ames, Iowa; utilized feature engineering, Lasso linear regression, and random forest with gradient boosting in a Kaggle competition (RMSE = 0.1273), scoring in the top 23%.- Developed and implemented web scraping script to scrape product and review information of moisturizers from Ulta.com using Scrapy in Python.- Visualized trends of sales and ratings among 8000 popular video games; deployed interactive R Shiny web application to plot and display findings.

Primary Investigator: Dr. Tessa West

Primary Investigator: Dr. Maureen Craig

Primary Investigator: Dr. Maureen Craig

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