Editing Community Data Science Course (Spring 2016)/Day 3 Coding Challenges

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# Re-work anything above and make sure you are understand it
# Re-work anything above and make sure you are understand it
# Get the ratio of names that start with each letter.
# Get the ratio of names that start with each letter. Β 
## Do this for boys and girls.
## Do this for boys and girls.
## '''Hint''' First line of output is a boys: 0.10120456305133887 girls: 0.18231978026407467
## '''Hint''' First line of output is a boys: 0.10120456305133887 girls: 0.18231978026407467
# Are girls or boys more likely to have a name that is used by both genders?
# Are boys or girls more likely to have one of the most common 10 names? 100? 1000?
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