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Points of view for leaders, practical data hacks for practitioners, and conversations from our webinars and podcast.

Articles · Jun 2020

Data Profiling for Business Analytics

Don't compromise on data quality. Learn how data profiling processes like content discovery, relationship discovery, and structure discovery can enhance the accuracy of your business analytics.…

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Articles · Jun 2020

Keep Track of Your Data Lineage

Data lineage demystified: Explore the simplicity of tracking data with identifiers like authors, dates, and access history. Learn why data lineage is a vital asset for…

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Articles · Jun 2020

Avoid These Time Killers

Don't let your data project run over schedule. Learn how to combat time-wasting challenges such as resource scarcity, data formatting issues, and sifting through massive datasets.…

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Articles · Jun 2020

Develop a Rigid Workflow

Clean, reliable data is the foundation of sound analysis. Explore the eight critical steps in a data workflow, from gathering and verifying data integrity to building…

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Articles · Jun 2020

Keep an internal inventory of data sources

It may seem like an obvious point, but it is hard to overemphasize the importance of keeping your own inventory of internal data sources. This will…

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Articles · May 2020

Think about Design First

Today's Data Hack Tuesday tip may seem obvious, but is too often overlooked. Before analyzing data for any project, it is important to consider the design…

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Articles · May 2020

Cleaning Data in Excel

We all know the old saying: data scientists spend 80% of their time cleaning and manipulating data and only 20% of their time actually analyzing it.…

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Articles · May 2020

Cross-validation

We have a simple tip for today to help evaluate models and avoid overfit. Start by separating your data into two sets. These will be the…

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Articles · May 2020

Interactive debugger

Looking for an easier way to find and eliminate errors in Jupyter? Don't forget about the interactive debugger. If you're running the code cell and get…

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Articles · Apr 2020

Using the .Plot() Function

Did you know that Pandas has a built-in .plot() function as part of the DataFrame class? The trouble is that the visualizations rendered this way are…

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Articles · Nov 2019

Artificial Intelligence and the Construction Industry

Analysts say that the construction industry desperately needs an injection of artificial intelligence. Construction continues to be one of the leading industries in the global economy.…

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