Installation

To save time, the software needed was installed ahead of time, but below are the steps and links so you can do the same analysis on your home computer.

For this project, we will be programming in Python using Jupyter Notebooks, which provide an interactive coding environment. Details on how to install Jupyter is described here

Python Distribution - Anaconda

We followed the recommendation of installing Python and Jupyter using the Anaconda Distribution.

Anaconda was downloaded, available here, then installed using the directions here.

Running the Notebook

Documentation on running notebook files is available here.

Start jupyter from the command line.

jupyter notebook 

Use the opened notebook in your browser using the url provided, default is http://localhost:8888.

Additional documentation on Jupyter is available here.