Cohort 11 Capstone Project for the Certificate of Data Science at Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies.
Abstract: The purpose of this project is to create a model that should be able to predict the Interest Rate for 12, 24, 36-month term loans based on the consumer input and other variables. The end product of the project is an Interactive Personal Loan Calculator which can be embed in various informative websites. The calculator can help customers to simulate a real-life application process without having to share their sensitive personal information.
To clone the repository:
- Install git on your workstation
- Make a directory in which to install the repository
- Navigate to the repository on GitHub and click the green Clone Rpository button
- Choose HTTPS or SSH depending on how you set up authentication
- In your terminal, navigate to the directory you created
- Type git clone and paste the string you copied from the green button
- Enter the folder for the repo so git will track your changes
To check in code:
- When you're ready to check in the code, save your work
- Create a branch for your work, type git checkout -b branch_name (create a name for your branch for branch_name)
- Type git add . to add all changes
- Type git commit -m "your message" (in the quotes write a message describing your commit)
- Type git push origin branch_name to push your branch to the master branch
- Type in your credentials if you're using HTTPS to authenticate
- Navigate to your repository in the browser
- You should see your branch name in a yellow status bar
- Click the button to create the pull request
- Write a description for your pull request and click the create pull request button
- Alert whoever is reviewing your code that your pull request is ready
- The code reviewer then reviews the pull request, and if ready, merges branch_name into the master branch