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This quiz is designed for both commerce as well as non – commerce graduates to know your proficiency for the CFA Level 1 Exams.

Questions are prepared keeping in mind the skills and topics needed to master, for students to clear CFA exams. This quiz will give you a better understanding of your readiness to pursue CFA Program.

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When was the last time you ordered food online? And how long did it take to reach you?

In this hackathon, we are providing you with data from thousands of restaurants in India regarding the time they take to deliver food for online order. As data scientists, your goal is to predict the online order delivery time based on the given factors.

Analytics India Magazine and IMS Proschool bring to you ‘Predicting Food Delivery Time Hackathon’.

FEATURES:
Cuisines: The cuisines offered by the restaurant.
Minimum_Order: The minimum order amount.
Restaurant: A unique ID that represents a restaurant.
Location: The location of the restaurant.
Average_Cost: The average cost for one person/order.
Votes: The total number of customer votes for the restaurant.
Delivery_Time: The order delivery time of the restaurant. (Target Classes)
Rating: Customer rating for the restaurant.

BOUNTY:
Top contestant will receive an Amazon cash voucher worth ₹25,000.
Top 3 contestants will also receive a free pass to Machine Learning Developers Summit 2020 (MLDS-20)

Data Science is one of the most demanded and fastest growing field.It is not a cpomplicated job,anyone who is interested in technology, mathematics, statistics or analytics could take it as a profession.
If you want to become a Data Scientist, what you have to do it at first is to understand the core concepts like, what Data Science is and why is it important? What are its applications?

Data Science is the process of cleaning, massaging and organizing the data to turn into a valuable resource which helps to build business strategies.

Applications of Data Science
1.Recommendation Systems
2.Fraud transaction identification
3.Identify sales lead
4.Cross-selling and up-selling

Follow these Five steps to becoming a Data Scientist:
Step 1:
Get adapted to,
1. Mathematics
If you want to be a Data Scientist you should have to get your concepts cleared on data distribution, deviation & variance, Probability theory, Linear algebra and statistics.

2. Machine Learning
Machine Learning is a field which gives computers the ability to take a decision based on the previous experience or earlier data. These are the algorithms that help in improving the results. Machine learning can be applied in several fields like,

Banking – to detect fraud transaction
E-commerce – Recommender Systems
Retail – Loyalty Program, Target customers for sales
Health-care- Detection of cancer cells.

Step 2:
Learn Coding
You are supposed to have the knowledge of programming languages like Java, Matlab, SQL, Python to be a Data Scientist.

Step 3:
Master Database
You will be working on lots of data and database to process and manipulate.

Step 4:
Expert Visualization and Reporting
Visualization involves the study and creation of visual representation of the data.Tableau is a software which is used to present the analysis in a visual way, which is more appealing then presenting the results as numbers and Reporting is providing the analysis and results of data into a report.

Step 5:
Learn Big Data
Big Data refers to a large volume of structured and unstructured data that cannot be processed properly with the traditional applications.

As the demand for Data Scientists is increasing day by day, it is the best time for you to grab this exciting. opportunity.The above steps are the building blocks to become a Data Scientist. Data science is not for everyone, but for the interested and the dedicated, it can be incredibly rewarding.