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Leo (Liang-Huan) Chin
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Leo (Liang-Huan) Chin is a data engineer with more than 5 years of experience in the field of Python. He works for Gogoro smart scooter, Taiwan, where his job entails discovering new and interesting biking patterns . His previous work experience includes ESRI, California, USA, which focused on spatial-temporal data mining. He loves data, analytics, and the stories behind data and analytics. He received an MA degree of GIS in geography from State University of New York, Buffalo. When Leo isn't glued to a computer screen, he spends time on photography, traveling, and exploring some awesome restaurants across the world. You can reach Leo at http://chinleock.github.io/portfolio/.
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Tanmay Dutta is a seasoned programmer with expertise in programming languages such as Python, Erlang, C++, Haskell, and F#. He has extensive experience in developing numerical libraries and frameworks for investment banking businesses. He was also instrumental in the design and development of a risk framework in Python (pandas, NumPy, and Django) for a wealth fund in Singapore. Tanmay has a master's degree in financial engineering from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and a certification in computational finance from Tepper Business School, Carnegie Mellon University.
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Application - regression and curve fitting


Since we are talking about the application of linear algebra, our experience comes from real-world cases. Let's begin with linear regression. So, let's say we are curious about the relationship between the age of a person and his/her sleeping quality. We'll use the data available online from the Great British Sleep Survey 2012 (https://www.sleepio.com/2012report/).

There were 20,814 people who took the survey, in an age range from under 20 to over 60 years old, and they evaluated their sleeping quality by scores from 4 to 6.

In this practice, we will just use 100 as our total population and simulate the age and sleeping scores followed the same distribution as the survey results. We want to know whether their age grows, sleep quality (scores) increases or decreases? As you already know, this is a hidden linear regression practice. Once we drew the regression line of the age and sleeping scores, by looking at the slope of the line, the answer will...

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Leo (Liang-Huan) Chin

Leo (Liang-Huan) Chin is a data engineer with more than 5 years of experience in the field of Python. He works for Gogoro smart scooter, Taiwan, where his job entails discovering new and interesting biking patterns . His previous work experience includes ESRI, California, USA, which focused on spatial-temporal data mining. He loves data, analytics, and the stories behind data and analytics. He received an MA degree of GIS in geography from State University of New York, Buffalo. When Leo isn't glued to a computer screen, he spends time on photography, traveling, and exploring some awesome restaurants across the world. You can reach Leo at http://chinleock.github.io/portfolio/.
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Tanmay Dutta

Tanmay Dutta is a seasoned programmer with expertise in programming languages such as Python, Erlang, C++, Haskell, and F#. He has extensive experience in developing numerical libraries and frameworks for investment banking businesses. He was also instrumental in the design and development of a risk framework in Python (pandas, NumPy, and Django) for a wealth fund in Singapore. Tanmay has a master's degree in financial engineering from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and a certification in computational finance from Tepper Business School, Carnegie Mellon University.
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Shane Holloway

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