Analysis of usage of 5 primary tools used to analyze data showed that the top tool used by data professionals to analyze data are local development environments (54%), followed by basic statistical software (20%), cloud-based data software and APIs (8%), advanced statistical software (6%) and business intelligence software (6%). Tool usage differed across different job […]
Each year, I write a summary of my most popular blog posts. This year-end summary is a rather simple exercise. I count the pageviews of my blog posts and present the top 10 posts of the year. This year’s BOB blog count, however, only goes from January through June 2016. Since June, I have been writing primarily […]
The AnalyticsWeek and Business Over Broadway Data Science Survey survey revealed regional differences in data science roles, proficiency in data science skills and satisfaction with work outcomes. APAC has the lowest percent of Business Manager data scientists (32%). LATAM has the lowest percent of Creative data scientists (25%). North America has the lowest percent of Developer […]
This blog post is part of a series to help people learn the basic concepts of statistics. See the overview, Making Sense of Our Big Data World: Statistics for the 99%, to understand the importance and value of understanding statistics and statistical thinking. Data can be overwhelming. Often we are confronted with large data sets consisting of […]
Big Data is less about the data itself and more about what you do with the data. The application of statistics and statistical principles on the data helps you extract the information it contains. According to Wikipedia, statistics is the study of the collection, analysis, interpretation, presentation, and organization of data. The American Statistical Association defines statistics […]
In my professional work, I use statistics to help businesses make sense of their data. By applying statistics to their wide array of business data, senior executives can gain deep insight about actions they can take to drive their business forward. Apart from this narrow application of statistics, I am a big believer that understanding statistics […]
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