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DS4PS / cpp-526-spr-2020

Course shell for CPP 526 Foundations of Data Science I for Spring 2020.
http://ds4ps.org/cpp-526-spr-2020/
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Lab 2: There are two versions? #10

Open PrincessQuill opened 4 years ago

PrincessQuill commented 4 years ago

Hi there - no coding specific questions yet, but I got a little confused when I was looking at the two versions of Lab 2. They both have completely different sets of exercises and when I downloaded the template of the improved one it only included the first question of the original set. Please advise on which version we should be completing? Thank you!

lecy commented 4 years ago

The previous version utilized a large dataset that some students with slow internet connections were having difficulty loading and the operations took some time to complete. The updated version uses just one neighborhood (downtown) from that dataset. The questions had to be adapted slightly for the new context, but they are substantively the same.

If you are just starting, use the updated version. The old link was available only in case you had already started the lab and wanted to continue with the previous version (a couple of students had worked ahead - didn't want to punish them for their ambition).

USE THIS ONE

Hope it helps clarify!

PrincessQuill commented 4 years ago

Thank you very much for that clarification!

jamisoncrawford commented 4 years ago

I'm reopening this issue just so folks can see it more easily. Thanks all!