1 hour to Power Query in Excel (PDQ = Pretty Darn Quick!) It's the most exciting Excel development in a generation... but you'd be forgiven for not knowing about it! Overview This one-hour …
Why data analysts need to get out of the building
Over on LinkedIn Paul "The FP&A Guy" Barnhurst wrote this post starting with a real throwdown: FP&A needs to spend less time with Excel and more time understanding the business. This can …
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Looking for a data job? Google Trends shows you should focus on the basics
Way too many people looking to get into data try running before they can walk: they want to train a neural network, for example, before they can append files together in Excel. But if you're looking …
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Six spreadsheet tips from Nature
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 …
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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