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-Cookiecutter Data Science
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+# Cookiecutter Data Science
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+_A logical, reasonably standardized, but flexible project structure for doing and sharing data science work._
 
-An opinionated, but not-afraid-to-be-wrong project template for data science projects.
 
 #### [Project homepage](http://drivendata.github.io/cookiecutter-data-science/)
 
-Requirements to create project:
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+### Requirements to use the cookiecutter template:
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  - Python 2.7 or 3.5
  - [cookiecutter Python package](http://cookiecutter.readthedocs.org/en/latest/installation.html) >= 1.4.0: `pip install cookiecutter`
 
 
-To start a new project:
+### To start a new project, run:
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     cookiecutter https://github.com/drivendata/cookiecutter-data-science