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 Doing Data Science
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-This is the example code than accompanies Doing Data Science by Cathy O'Neil and Rachel Schutt (9781449358655). 
+This is the example code that accompanies Doing Data Science by Cathy O'Neil and Rachel Schutt (9781449358655). 
 
 Click the Download Zip button to the right to download example code.