KOS6313

Statistical Methods in Python for KOS6313

Install

1. Install Python (python.org)
   • Mac computers do have python installed. Do not try to install a new version of python.
   • Anaconda environment will not be used.
2. Install Visual Studio Code
   • Install Python Extension in vscode
   • Hello World
3. Virtual Environment

   python -m venv .venv
   .venv/Scripts/activate
   python -m pip install --upgrade pip
   

4. Python-Stan Interface (this takes time)

   pip install cmdstanpy
   python -m cmdstanpy.install_cmdstan
   

5. Install pandas, matplotlib, seaborn

   pip install pandas matplotlib seaborn
   

6. create a Jupyter notebook in vscode (myNotebook.ipynb)
   • choose proper kernel: .venv/python
   • hello world will install necessary things