Learning any new skill is hard. There are too many possibilities, and the goal seems massive and intimidating.

Enter the Pareto Principle.

The Pareto Principle, also known as the 80/20 rule, suggests that 80 percent of results come from 20 percent of efforts. It can be applied to everything from business to language, even learning how to use R.

With just a…

To once again demonstrate the power of MySQL (download), MySQL Workbench (…

I have written about R in the past, and it is one of the hottest tools for data analysis today. To further demonstrate the power of R, I found click-through rate data…

After data science, which I discussed in an earlier post, data visualization is one of the most common buzzwords thrown around in the tech and business communities. To demonstrate how one can actually visualize data, I want to use one of the hottest tools in the market right now: Tableau. You can download Tableau Public for free …

When you hear the term data scientist, what do you think of? If you’re like most people, you might think of something incredibly complex, with statistical terms and programming languages that are beyond comprehension. You might think that only PhD’s in computer science can do data science.

But if you peel back the layers, you’ll find that this isn’t the case. Data science, coined by DJ Patil who is now the…