Fourth Assignment

• Submission Due Date: Thursday, June 8th by midnight
• Presentation: Friday, June 9th during class
• Complete this assignment with your assigned partner(s).

Assignment Overview

Create a programming assignment that a first semester computer science student can complete using 100 to 200 lines of code over a one week period. The assignment should help the student better understand the specified topic.

Tasks and Teams

• NumPy: Grace Walkuski, Gabriel Gegenhuber, Nora Hartner
• NumPy: Hugh O'Neill, Sergei Mnishko, Nariman Varahram
• NumPy: Hugh Jackovich, Lluc Cardoner
• matplotlib: Sam Congdon, Thomas Sailer
• matplotlib: Courtney Linder, Philip Malek
• matplotlib: Kyle Melton, Adrian Tobisch
• pandas: Michael Hewitt, Stefan Aschauer, Bernhard Steiner
• pandas: Justin O'Dea, Robert Divkovic
• pandas: Ryan Bockmon, Marcel Kießling
• scikit-learn: Tyler Bass, Giulia Gallico, Niklas Natter
• scikit-learn: Chris McCabe, Aleksander Grzymek, Haotian Wu

Constraints

• NumPy: Do not use matplotlib, pandas or scikit-learn
• matplotlib: Do not use pandas or scikit-learn
• pandas: Do not use scikit-learn

Assignment Grading

• 25 points. Write-Up. The write-up should potentially include the following sections: (1) Purpose, (2) Provided Starting Materials, (3) Assignment Description, and (4) 100-Point Grading Rubric. The write-up should be submitted as an easy-to-edit html file, be well-written in English and be easy to understand.
• 10 points. Quality of Any Provided Starting Python Materials. These materials should be well commented and of high quality.
• 40 points. Quality of Python Sample Solution. The sample solution should be correct, well-commented and of high quality.
• 25 points. Quality of Assignment. Does the assignment help a student learn the given topic? Is the assignment fun and interesting? Can the assignment be completed by a typical student in a one week period?

Assignment Submission

Place the write-up, provided starting materials and sample solution in a zipped folder entitled Assignment 4 and e-mail it to both MacKenzie (mackenzie.obleness@gmail.com) and John (john.paxton@montana.edu) with a cc to your teammate(s) by the deadline. The subject of the e-mail should be Assignment 4, Your Name, Your Partner(s) Name(s). Note: only one partner needs to submit the solution.

Late submissions will receive no credit, but partial credit can be earned by making an ontime submission.

Presentation

You and your partner(s) will present your assignment and sample solution to the class on Friday, June 9th. Each team member is responsible for a 4 minute presentation. In addition to the 4 minute presentation, each team member should be prepared to answer questions about any aspect of the assignment or sample solution.