Class Session 2

Topics covered

• Subject space representation of a data set
• Vector arithmetic
• Vector representations of simple univariate and bivariate statistics
• Bivariate regression as projection

Slides

• Lecture 2 Slides

Update the Matplotlib package on your VM

Before you can successfully evaluate all the cells in the filled in Python notebook below, you need to upload the Matplotlib package on your VM. Log in to your VM, and type the line below:

conda update matplotlib

Conda is the package management tool installed by the Anaconda package distribution.

IPython notebook

• class2-template.ipynb
• class2-filledin.ipynb

Readings

• Think Python, Chapters 5-7
• Learn Python the Hard way, Exercises 23-34
• Optional but VERY helpful: Wickens, Chapters 1-3