What changes are you trying to make? (e.g. Adding or removing code, refactoring existing code, adding reports)

Assignment updates only

What did you learn from the changes you have made?

numpy seems to have many useful methods to perform operations on large dataset

Was there another approach you were thinking about making? If so, what approach(es) were you thinking of?

Were there any challenges? If so, what issue(s) did you face? How did you overcome it?

had to update the implementation for check_zeros

How were these changes tested?

updates were tested using the bash(dsi_participant) profile on vscode

A reference to a related issue in your repository (if applicable)

Checklist

• I can confirm that my changes are working as intended