I get the sense that many analysts are frustrated and unhappy and work -- I know I was when starting out. The data appears to confirm a general pattern. What's causing this frustration, and what can …
Booked and hooked: My 2021 in review
Let's be real: 2021 was not an easy year. I said that about last year, too... where in anticipation of the coming year I wrote: Some exciting projects await in 2021, like… well, finishing my book …
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Expert Roundtable: Developing an Analytics Consultancy (Enterprise DNA)
I recently participated in a roundtable hosted by analytics community Enterprise DNA on the topic of BI and analytics consulting. I've been operating independently for about three years through …
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Practice t-tests with these free online datasets
The t-test rite of passage I like to use the independent sample t-test to introduce learners to inferential statistics. This test is used to compare whether the average value of one group is …
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Developing an analytics community of practice: A discussion with experts
A recent survey by analytics consultancy New Vantage Partners found that only 24.4% of executives claimed their firm possesses a data culture. What can organizations do to encourage more widespread …
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Hooking learners into data education
If they buy the hook, they'll buy the story. A narrative hook (or just hook) is a literary technique in the opening of a story that "hooks" the reader's attention so that he or she will keep on …
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