I’ve finished (?) the beginning steps on my first project on Kaggle! I likely am not completely done but as a beginner, I don’t know what I don’t know.
I cleaned a pretty messy data set. The dataset included data on mortgages originated and mortgage applications for the state of Kansas during 2020. In the financial services/banking industry, this is called HMDA data because it is required under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act.
My eventual plan is to find some meaningful analysis with this data, but my first step was to make it more presentable and easier to work with. This required several Python packages and some tutorials to get the basics down.
If you’d like to take a look at the data that I’ve gathered so far: click here!
If you’re new to data analysis and refining your skills like, what projects are you working on? Are you working on your skillset generally or are you completing a structured program of some kind?
– J
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Comparative Analysis of 2021 and 2021 Mortgage Approvals and Denials in Kansas
The phrase “comparative analysis” is commonly used in the context of fair lending compliance. In short, bank examiners will choose two sets of files where borrowers have similar financial characteristics such as debt-to-income ratio (DTI), loan-to-value ratios (LTV) and income. However, one set of borrowers was approved for their loans while the other set of…
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Google Data Analytics Case Study
As part of Google’s Data Analytics certificate, students were asked to choose from one of two cases (or pursue your own project!). Below are the slides from my finished project.
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Back in the saddle! Earning a data analytics certificate
Hi world! One of my goals for 2022 is to get back to a level of consistency with this blog and sharing my journey into become a data and business intelligence analyst. As such, I wanted to share my ongoing experience of earning Google’s Data Analytics certificate. “Get started in the high-growth field of data…
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Beginning on Kaggle
I’ve finished (?) the beginning steps on my first project on Kaggle! I likely am not completely done but as a beginner, I don’t know what I don’t know. I cleaned a pretty messy data set. The dataset included data on mortgages originated and mortgage applications for the state of Kansas during 2020. In the…
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