Today’s Prompts

1. My DDS problem has many unique aspects. Yet they are special cases of …
2. Oil prices have suddenly sky-rocketed. Tickets for even budget airlines are now above £1,000. This is going to impact me over the next 12 months because …

Why

Additional data can be useful for two main reasons:

1. It contributes directly to the analysis of your DDS problem
2. It provides context for your DDS problem

How

Relevant datasets aren’t always immediately available. You need to be a detective:

• Think laterally
• Do research on the web
• Be dogged and persistent

Why

Jupyter Notebooks are a great tool for research, since they allow you to combine text, data and code. Lots of people use them! See A gallery of interesting IPython Notebooks

How

• One big hassle is installing the software on your own computer.
  • We’ve solved that for you by setting up a JupyterHub server
• Learning by Doing

Steps

• Start off with playing_with_python.