Month: July 2012
An Infographic On Self Learning
With the large increases in college tuition and the ever increasing amount of information available on the internet. It is no wonder many people are trying to learn new skills …
Read MoreLearn Data Science
Starting Point If you have the necessary background in math, statistics, and computer science; then it is a good time to learn some data science specific skills. Coursera just recently …
Read MoreLearn Computer Science For Data Science
Many aspects of computer science are fundamental to data science. A good data scientist has to be able to transform/extract/manipulate lots of data. Computer programming is the main technique for …
Read MoreLearn Statistics For Data Science
Statistics is an important component of data science. Thus, it would be nice to have some resources available. Learn Statistics For Free Online Well, here is a list of free …
Read MoreLearn Math for Data Science
Math is one of the key building blocks of data science. While you cannot do a lot of data science with just calculus and linear algebra, both topics are essential …
Read MoreData Jujitsu Report
O’Reilly and Data Scientist DJ Patil just released a new free report titled, Data Jujitsu: The Art of Turning Data Into Product. If you are interested in building data products, …
Read MoreVisually becomes a Social Network
Visual.ly recently announced the transition to a social network for data visualizations. Visual.ly aims to be the site for infographic designers. The site now has better profiles, an activity timeline, …
Read MoreResistance to Making Decisions based upon Data
It is no surprise that I enjoy talking about data science and using data to make better decisions. Unfortunately, everyone is not as excited about data as I am. I …
Read MoreCoursera Launches Data Analysis Classes
In case you missed the announcement yesterday, Coursera added 12 new universities and over 100 new courses. The exciting part for people learning data science is a new category of …
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