Results of a survey of data professionals show that about 1 out of 4 data scientists are women. Both women and men have similar levels of education and proficiency in data science skills. Ways of improving gender diversity in the field of data science are offered. Having a gender-diverse workforce is good for business. In 2014, Gallup found that […]
Our Big Data world requires the application of data science principles by data professionals. I’ve recently taken a look at what it means to practice data science as a data scientist. Our survey results of over 500 data professionals revealed that different types of data scientists possess proficiency in different types of data skills. In […]
IBM is hosting their IBM Insight event next week in Las Vegas. The event will, no doubt, help companies understand how to use analytics to get insight from their data. I will be attending the event as their guest and will be sharing what I learn via social media. As a first step in sharing […]
The role of data and analytics in business continues to grow. To make sense of their plethora of data, businesses are looking to data scientists for help. Job site, indeed.com, shows a continued growth in “data scientist” positions. To better understand the field of data science, we studied hundreds of data professionals. In that study, we […]
As part of my series on Making Sense of Our Big Data World, today’s post is on descriptive 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. In the previous post, I showed how to calculate frequencies […]
A new survey of 490 data professionals from small to large companies, conducted by AnalyticsWeek in partnership with Business Over Broadway, provides a look into the field of data science. Download the free Executive Summary of the report, Optimizing your Data Science Teams. Our world of Big Data requires that businesses, to outpace their competitors, optimize the […]
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 […]
What kind of a data scientist are you? Take the free Data Skills Scoring System Survey at http://pxl.me/awrds3 Companies rely on experts who can make sense of their data. Often referred to as data scientists, these people bring their specific skills to bear in helping extract insight from the data. These skills include such things as […]
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