def is_show_uncategorized(self, request):
        """Return the result of the "?show_uncategorized" query string param"""

        show_uncategorized = request.GET.get('show_uncategorized', False)
        if show_uncategorized is True or show_uncategorized == 'true':
            return True
        return False
def __update_covariance(self, means, rc, mc):
        covariance = 0.0
        for index_point in range(len(self.__data)):
            deviation = numpy.array([self.__data[index_point] - means])
            covariance += rc[index_point] * deviation.T.dot(deviation)