Online conferences are getting to be a tough sell: the supply has exceeded the demand. It's just so hard to make (and keep) the time for a conference when you're sitting at …
Learning guide: Python for Excel users, half-day workshop
Data is data, so why should it be / Python and Excel go awkwardly? OK, I'm no lyricist, but there is a beauty in build one skill set off of another. I believe that every data analyst should have …
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Code Is Poetry, but GIFs Are Divine: Developing Effective Technical Instruction
I was slated to be the second-stringer for a big client project. The lead had held posts at prestigious outfits like Boston Consulting and Pricewaterhouse and had an impressive retinue of technical …
YouTube is not a data upskilling strategy
Don't get me wrong, there is some mind-bending educational content on YouTube. It's a great place to learn. But, if you are counting on your employees to use YouTube (or really any autodidactic …
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Demo guide: the margin of error, visualized in Excel
You've likely heard on the news that a certain poll has a "margin of error of +/- 3%." What does that mean, really? What is a margin of …
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Three analytics books every manager should read
Gotta love surfing past an article entitled, "40 Books You Must Read." Must read... or what? Or I get several weeks of my life back by avoiding a bunch of books that some clickbait told me …
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