SQL to Pandas Translation

I’m experienced in working with SQL for data wrangling and analysis, but have recently started using the Python Pandas library for similar tasks. The thing I really like about Pandas is the ability to (combined with matplotlib) to plot/visualize the data once it’s been successfully curated. Coming from the SQL background, I’ve been approaching problems […]

Religion as a Protective Factor

Religiousness is on the decline in the United States. Given that religion has played a major role in human development, I decided to look at the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health to determine if lack of religiousness is associated with negative outcomes such as (but not limited to): a child’s likelihood of trying […]

Absence of Religiosity and Negative Outcomes

Coursera Data Analysis and Visualization Week 1 According the Gallop Organization religious devotion and practice is in decline in America. It is my assumption that adults who are not religious will not transmit religiosity to their children. If this is the case, it could have an effect on the positive and negative factors associated with […]