From botched dates to missing records and more, poor spreadsheet management has led to major problems in scientific research. The prestigious journal Nature last week shared six tips for better …
“I want to get into data analytics… but as an independent professional, not a full-time employee”
"I want to get into data analytics... but as an independent professional, not a full-time employee" Big surprise -- I get a lot of questions about how to get started in data analytics. My typical …
How to follow trends in data analytics (free resources)
A field in technology such as data analytics moves quickly. Tools come and go. Methodologies are hyped and scrapped. How do you keep up with changes in the industry? In this post I'll show you some …
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How to get started reviewing technical books
Here’s an overlooked way to grow your analytics career: become a book reviewer. 📚 Why technical book reviewers are needed Have you ever thought about what could go wrong with a technical book? …
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Demonstration of Anscombe’s Quartet in R
Due to the differences in scope between data analytics/business intelligence and data science, there's a school of thought implying that data visualization and statistics are more or less independent …
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How to unpivot a dataset in Excel Power Query vs R vs Python
What makes data clean? You may not be able to name those qualities, but you likely know messy data when you see it. In this blog post, we'll look at a frequent offender: unpivoted data. You'll learn …
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