The one common issue which novice entrants in data science have always asked me is, "How to begin their data analysis journey?".
My answer has always been the same, "Tell a data powered story!". But, one will be in a position to tell a "story" only if he/she knows the nuts and bolts of the story. If you are a novice in statistics or applied mathematics, I recommend to check out the resources folder, first.
The repository contains data, code, resources and plots folders.
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