The general rules about academic integrity that apply to this course also apply to this competition. Below are some points of emphasis, but these should not be interpreted to replace the standard academic integrity policies. If you have any questions about what is or is not allowed for this assignment/competition, please ask.  

 - Every student should register for an account on [Kaggle](kaggle.com). (It's free.)
 - You may use books, the internet, or other "arms length" sources for general assistance in running linear regression models. However, you may not seek any assistance (including from "arms length sources") that is directly related to this forecasting problem.
 - You may not seek direct assistance from individuals - e.g., classmates, relatives, friends, people you have worked with, students who have taken this course in the past, etc.
 - You should work only within your team, and should not share any information with others in the class.
 - You are allowed up to 10 submissions per calendar day.
 - In the final rankings, your best 2 submissions (based on the public leader board) will be used in evaluating your score.
 - For each submission, 30% of the test data will be used to provide a score for the public leader board. For final evaluation, the remaining 70% of the data will be used to provide a score for the final (private) leader board.