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 …
Learning guide: Introduction to Python, half-day workshop
In 2011, Marc Andreesen claimed that software is eating the world. With hindsight, we can be more specific: Python is eating the world. The open source language is more popular than ever and sees …
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Advancing into Analytics: the reading list
You can learn a lot about a book by reviewing its bibliography: often, an author's biases and beliefs will be on full display there. I suppose that's the same for me: if you list all the books I …
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Hiring data scientists doesn’t make a data culture
Short cuts make long delays.J.R.R. Tolkein There's a tendency in building data capacities to attempt to hire or delegate the problem away: simply bring in the smartest data scientists, the thinking …
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It’s here! Advancing into Analytics: From Excel to Python and R (O’Reilly, 2021)
The Clark's Nutcracker has landed! That's the bird on the cover of Advancing into Analytics, copies of which I received the other day. There's that new author enthusiasm! You can now get your …
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 …