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Category: Data Science
Data-Driven or Insights-Driven? Data Analytics vs Data Science
Data-Driven or Insights-Driven? Data Analytics vs Data Science
Book Review: Grokking Algorithms: An Illustrated Guide For Programmers and Other Curious People
Grokking Algorithms An Illustrated Guide For Programmers and Other Curious People by Aditya Y. Bhargava My rating: 5 of 5 stars I've just finished reading the Manning book called Grokking Algorithms An Illustrated Guide For Programmers and Other Curious People This is a very readable book, with great diagrams and a very visual style. I… Continue reading Book Review: Grokking Algorithms: An Illustrated Guide For Programmers and Other Curious People
Doing the Do: the best resource for learning new Business Intelligence and Data Science technology
How do you get started? The online and offline courses, books, MOOCs, papers, blogs and the forums help, of course. I regularly use several resources for learning but my number one source of learning is: Doing the do
Five reasons to be excited about Microsoft Data Insights Summit!
Five reasons to be excited about Microsoft Data Insights Summit!
PASS Business Analytics Day, Jan 11, Chicago
PASS’ first Business Analytics Day, which will be held in Chicago on January 11, 2017. You can choose one of two full-day, in-depth sessions for $595: In-Database Analytics with R and SQL Server 2016 and Mastering Power BI Solutions. These are unique learning opportunities to get more advanced in R or data visualization with Power BI. And as… Continue reading PASS Business Analytics Day, Jan 11, Chicago
Guess who is appearing in Joseph Sirosh’s PASS Keynote?
Joseph Sirosh's keynotes always contain amazing demos. The future is here, now. You can have this technology too.
Learning pathway for SQL Server 2016 and R Part 2: Divided by a Common Language
Britain has "really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language." Said Oscar Wilde, in the Centerville Ghost (1887) whilst George Bernard Shaw is quoted as saying that the "The United States and Great Britain are two countries separated by a common language." There are similarities and differences between SQL and R, which… Continue reading Learning pathway for SQL Server 2016 and R Part 2: Divided by a Common Language
Learning pathway for SQL Server 2016 and R Part 1: Installation and configuration
Jargogled is an archaic word for getting confused or mixed up. I'm aware that there are lots of SQL Server folks out there, who are desperate to learn R, but might be jaRgogled by R. Now that R is in SQL Server, it seems like the perfect opportunity to start a new blog series to help people to… Continue reading Learning pathway for SQL Server 2016 and R Part 1: Installation and configuration
Convincing your HiPPO at EARL Conference in London!
In a world where the HiPPO’s (Highest Paid Person’s Opinion) is final, how can we use technology to drive the organisation towards data-driven decision making as part of their organizational DNA? Come to my EARL Conference session to find out!
Jen’s Diary: What does Microsoft’s recent acquisitions of Revolution Analytics mean for PASS?
Caveat: This blog does not represent the views of PASS or the PASS Board. These opinions are solely mine. The world of data and analytics keeps heating up. Tableau, for example, keeps growing and winning. In fact, Tableau continues to grow total and licence revenue 75% year over year, with its total revenue grew to $142.9… Continue reading Jen’s Diary: What does Microsoft’s recent acquisitions of Revolution Analytics mean for PASS?
Data Science VC follow up: Intro to R and Statistics for the Rookie Part 1
I've decided to hold a five week introductory statistics and R course. Here, I am sharing the slide deck and the code. The video will go up on our YouTube Data Science Virtual Chapter channel, which is accessible from here. In the first week, we talked about the relationship between statistics and data visualisation, and… Continue reading Data Science VC follow up: Intro to R and Statistics for the Rookie Part 1
