DSC Webinar Series: Life as a Data Scientist and How to Become One
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Interpreting Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA)
Introduction Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) is an approach/philosophy for data analysis that employs a variety of techniques (graphical and quantitative) to better under...
"Play your charts right:" An Illustrated Collection of Mistakes People Often Make When Visualizing Data
In a world where data really matters, everyone wants to create effective charts. But data visualization is rarely taught in schools, or covered in on-the-job training. Mo...
A Self-Study List for Data Engineers and Aspiring Data Architects
This article was written by John Hammink. John is Chief Evangelist for Treasure Data. An 18-year veteran of the technology and startup scene, he enjoys travel to unusua...
Tutorial Day at Strata Data San Jose, 2018
Tuesday of Strata Data Conference is my favorite of the four days. The calm before the storm of the keynotes and short presentations of Wednesday-Thursday, Tuesday revolv...
Data Scientists need designer labels too
Labels are how humans define and categorise different concepts. There’s lots of evolutionary psychology, neuroscience and linguistics behind this, but without going int...
How can actuarial science skills be applied in investment banking?
To understand how skills in actuarial science can be applied to investment banking we need to understand what actuarial science deals with. So what is actuarial science? ...
The Concept of Datafication; Definition & Examples
This article was written by Margarita Shilova. Datafication is a buzzword of the last several years, that is used actively along Big Data industry. Honestly, if you wou...
Why is it so hard to train data scientists?
Some time ago I met a colleague who expressed her disappointment from two data scientists that she hired. These were the first employees with a data science degree hired ...
The First Things you Should Learn as a Data Scientist – Not what you Think
The list below is a (non-comprehensive) selection of what I believe should be taught first, in data science classes, based on 30 years of business experience. This is a f...