For this project, I created a blog post on medium and this accompanying Github repository to add to my Data Science portfolio.
As many of you, I’ve been watching the captivating documentary the Last Dance.
This inspired me to do this analysis on names like 'Mike', 'Michael' and other US baby names.
https://medium.com/@jsohi/whats-in-a-name-an-analysis-of-over-a-century-of-baby-names-a60c6e1a6615
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Clone/download this repository to your local computer
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Install any python package dependencies
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Then all you need to do is open up analysis.ipynb in jupyter notebook as per:
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For a seamless experience, it is recommended that you install Python 3 through the Anaconda distribution as per: https://problemsolvingwithpython.com/01-Orientation/01.03-Installing-Anaconda-on-Windows/
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data: The raw source data which includes baby names by year, by year and US state, and shape files for US states to generate state maps
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figs: Any charts/figures generated that were published to the blog