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How to deal with lots of categorical variables when clustering?

September 4, 2023 | Dr. Stylianos (Stelios) Kampakis

Clustering Clustering is one of the most popular applications of machine learning. It is actually the most common unsupervised learning technique. When clustering, we are usually using some distance metric. Distance metrics are a way to define how close things are to each other. The most popular distance metric, by ...

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Talks to watch at the RSS International Conference 2023

August 29, 2023 | The Jumping Rivers Blog

The Royal Statistical Society International conference is next week from 4-7 September 2023, hosted in Harrogate. Jumping Rivers are exhibiting at the conference, as well as delivering workshops a...

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Here are some quick wins for visualizing data with Python in Excel

August 28, 2023 | George Mount

In a previous post I explored some “quick wins” for wrangling and analyzing data in Python that would be otherwise difficult to do in Excel. That post largely avoided data visualization, so this post will be on a similar topic — visualizations that would be difficult to build in regular Excel ...

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Enterprise Data Warehouse: Concepts and Architecture

August 27, 2023 | erika

Enterprise Data Warehouse – Definition An enterprise data warehouse is a centralized digital repository. It gathers, polishes, and stores vast amounts of data from every department of an enterprise. With a data warehouse, all the data is right there, always ready for analysis. So, instead of rummaging through multiple, disjointed databases ...

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Here are some quick wins for using Python in Excel

August 26, 2023 | George Mount

As a long-time Python enthusiast who has frequently recommended Excel users delve into Python (and even authored a book on the subject), a prevalent question I encountered from hesitant Excel users is: What can I achieve in Python that I can’t in Excel? With the recent integration of Python ... [...Read more...]

Review: Football Analytics with Python & R

August 24, 2023 | George Mount

Look what touched down in my mailbox today… 🏈 _Football Analytics with Python & R_ by Eric Eager and Richard Erickson. I had the pleasure to be a tech reviewer for this book and recommend it to anyone interested in, as the subtitle suggests, learning data science through the lens of sports. ...

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Using Python with Excel (LinkedIn Learning & Madecraft)

August 20, 2023 | George Mount

I’m excited to share that “pandas Analytics for Excel users,” a course I produced with Madecraft, is now available on LinkedIn Learning. View the course with a one-month free trial here. Also be sure to check your local library, university or workplace for access. Course description Python is one ... [...Read more...]

How the training of the AI models works

August 16, 2023 | erika

Introduction The advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has unleashed transformative potential across industries. This article delves into the intricate processes underlying the training of AI models, shedding light on the algorithms that power this remarkable technology. As you embark on your journey to understand AI model training, consider the analogy ... [...Read more...]

Data Cleansing: How Clean Data is the Foundation of Digital Transformation

August 14, 2023 | erika

Businesses are obsessed with digital transformation, however, they often fail at recognizing data as being the foundation of digital transformation. More importantly, quality data as being the backbone of most transformation projects. Data cleansing is a critical function to achieve data quality benchmarks, however, due to the lack of business ... [...Read more...]

Mocking S3 from Python tests

August 4, 2023 | Python - datawookie

Code that moves data to and from S3 can slow down testing. A lot. This post demonstrates how you can speed things up by mocking S3.

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