Judy Fox PhD

Judy Fox PhD

Associate Professor of School of Data Science at the University of Virginia

DS 5100

DS 5100 - Programming for Data Science

Programming for Data Science

The objective of this course is to introduce basic data analysis techniques including data analysis at scale. Students will be introduced to essential programming techniques in Python, an increasingly prominent language for data science and "big data" manipulation.

This course is project-based, consisting of a semester project and final project presentations.

Evaluation Rubric

  1. Introduction: Describe the project scenario.
  2. An appropriate data set was used.
  3. Appropriate data structures are used.
  4. Data pre-processing.
  5. Data Analysis / Data Processing.
  6. Testing: Describe any test-driven development and/or unit tests.
  7. Results displayed appropriately for each test.
  8. Explanation of Results & Conclusion.

  • Group 1: EDA of Regulated Banks Based on FDIC Data

    Project: FDIC Banks Exploratory Data Analysis

    Members: Dima Mikhaylov, Lauren Bassett, Cullan Bedwell, Casey Nguyen

    GitHub Repository

  • Group 2: Food Environments

    Project: Food Environment Analysis

    Members: Maxwell Alexander Jones, Kaia Lindberg, Grace Lyons, Mani Shanmugavel

    GitHub Repository
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  • Group 3: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

    Project: Health Risk Factor Analysis

    Members: Andy Ortiz, Uyen Nguyen, Lee Ann Johnson, JD Pinto

    GitHub Repository
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  • Group 4: Quantifying the Home-field Advantage in the NFL

    Project: NFL Home-field Advantage Analysis

    Members: Anoop Nath, Marin Lolic, Cepehr Alizadeh, Seth Harrison

    GitHub Repository
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  • Group 5: Analysis on COVID-19 Patients with Pre-existing Conditions

    Project: COVID-19 Comorbidity Analysis

    Members: Seth Galluzzi, Connie Cui, Alex Bass, Peumali Surani

    GitHub Repository
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  • Group 6: Tokyo Olympics

    Project: Olympic Games Analysis

    Members: Reilly Meinert, Max Ryoo, Said Mrad, Sydney Masterson

    GitHub Repository
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  • Group 7: Natural Disasters

    Project: Climate Change Impact Analysis

    Members: Haley Egan, Maggie Houck, Will Johnson, Diana Morris

    GitHub Repository
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  • Group 8: Key Factors Leading to Hesitancy for the COVID Vaccine

    Project: Vaccine Hesitancy Analysis

    Members: Emma Cooper, Aishwarya Pradhan, Charlie Barry, Christopher Lee

    GitHub Repository