Ryan Swanstrom

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  • Learn 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 such operations. Here are numerous resources to help you learn the fundamentals of computer science. Online Computer Science Courses: Introductory Level If you are not… Read more

  • Learn 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 statistics resources available online. All of these are fairly introductory, but I am guessing more advanced topics will be coming from these same organizations. Khan… Read more

  • Learn 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 for more advanced topics in data science such as machine learning, algorithms, and advanced statistics. Here are some freely available resources for learning both topics.… Read more

  • Data 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, the report is excellent and definitely worth your time. What does the report cover? The report provides a definition for a data product. It then… Read more

  • Visually 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, and more metrics about each infographic plus the ability to follow users. The new features are in preparation for a marketplace to be launched later… Read more

  • Resistance 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 occasionally face some resistance. One of the most common arguments goes something like this: Why would I put in the extra work to find data… Read more

  • Coursera 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 courses: Statistics, Data Analysis, and Scientific Computing. None of the courses have started yet. Most are scheduled for this fall or early 2013. The courses… Read more

  • Big Data Delivery

    I felt the article, The 7 steps in Big Data delivery, was worth sharing. Here was my favorite quote from the article: Most staff members charged with researching and acquiring Big Data solutions focus on the Collect and Store steps at the expense of the others. Big Data and Data Science are more than just… Read more

  • Big Data Revolution (An Infographic)

    This infographic by Deep Blue Analytics does a nice job of explaining why there is so much excitement around bigdata. The world is generating a lot of data There are not enough people to analyze that data Browse more Technology infographics. Big Data Revolution Read more

  • School Of Data

    School of Data is new site aimed at teaching people how to collect, process, analyze, and visualize data. The goal is to produce data courses and award certifications. Most of the content will be focused around the online handbook, Data Wrangling Handbook. The handbook is open source and hosted at github. Currently the course materials… Read more

  • The Beauty of Data Visualization – Ted Talk

    In this 2010 Ted Talk, David McCandless provides a great example of transforming data into a story. Here are some of the data topics covered. Billion dollar-o-gram What is money spent on? Global media panic (SARS, Swine flu, asteroids, killer wasps, …), pay attention to the gap What country has the most soldiers (per population)?… Read more

  • Infographic With Some Data On Pinterest

    My favorite part of the infographic is the demographics portion. Notice the gender, age, income, and education of the users. Browse more infographics. Pinterest Data You can’t ignore Read more

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