When we send spacecraft from Earth to Mars, do the Martians consider them to be UFOs? I might not be able to answer that question definitively … but I do have some really cool graphs showing the data for all those missions to Mars! You might remember…
Tag: analytics
Forrester’s 2017 Take on Tools for Data Science
In my ongoing quest to track The Popularity of Data Science Software, I’ve updated the discussion of the annual report from Forrester, which I repeat here to save you from having to read through the entire document. If your organization … Continue reading →
Jobs for “Data Science” Up 7-fold, for “Statistician” Down by Half
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that jobs for statisticians will grow by 34% between 2014 and 2024. However, according to the nation’s largest job web site, the number of companies looking for “statisticians” is actually in sharp decline. Those … Continue reading →
Data Science Job Report 2017: R Passes SAS, But Python Leaves Them Both Behind
I’ve just updated another section of The Popularity of Data Science Software. It is reproduced below to save you the trouble of reading the entire article. If your organization is looking for training in the R language, you might consider my … Continue reading →
Analytics – helping your ‘dots’ tell their story
Does your data just look like a bunch of dots? Would you like to bring those dots to life so they can tell their story? This example shows how to make some voter-registration dots a bit more lifelike, so you can see what they’re saying. You can apply t…
Gartner’s 2017 Take on Data Science Software
In my ongoing quest to track The Popularity of Data Analysis Software, I’ve finally decided to change the title to use the newer term “data science”. The 2017 version of Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Data Science Platforms was just published, … Continue reading →
Data wrangling – down the rabbit hole, and back again!
Are your friends passing around clever memes (supposedly) featuring something your favorite actor said, or sharing news articles that you think might be “fake news”? If there’s even a hint of data analyst in you, then you probably check the actual data, and confirm or disprove the supposed facts yourself. I […]
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Purging inactive voter registrations in North Carolina
After the recent presidential election, I was updating my graphs of the voter registration data and noticed that the number of registered voters decreased after the election. At first I thought that was odd, but then I realized that maybe inactive voters were being purged. I wanted to find out […]
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