###Class Resources

1. Python 2.7
2. ipython notebook

For windows user, you may find it more useful to download anaconda.

Web Crawler

To run the web crawler navigate to the script scrape_contracts.py in the folder web_crawler. Use the following command: python scrape\_contracts.py 0 20 10_

Read the script to know more about what these parameters mean.

Edit:- changes made to script

1. Added random time delay (it was over written when I uploaded a new version)

Notebooks

1. Webscraping Tutorial
2. Object Oriented Programming Introduction
3. Rpy Demo

Scripts

1. functions.py - Contains all helper functions for gibbs sampling LDA
2. collapsed.py - Call to collapdes gibbs sampler
3. uncollapsed.py - Call to uncollapsed gibbs sampler

HW Late Submission Rules

-1 for every day of late submission except for exceptional circumstances.