For this demo guide we'll consider one of the most vexing case studies in all of statistics and analytics. The bad news is that it may confuse and frustrate. The good news? It's a game! So get …
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 …
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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Five myths about learning data analytics
I grew to loathe math in school, which culminated in me getting a "D" in one semester of algebra. So it seems nuts that I would have ended up in data analytics, right? It really shouldn't: …
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Course sequence: Data analytics for the liberal arts
I'm a proud liberal arts graduate myself who, with some fumbling, ended up in the world of data analytics. …
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What is the “data analytics stack?”
A poor craftsman blames his tools. But if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. It's common for web developers or database adminstrators to refer to their "stack" of tools used to …
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