Tag: statistics
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Choosing a Data Science Graduate Program
Due to the large list of Colleges with Data Science Degrees, I receive a number of email inquires with questions about choosing a program. I have not attended any of the programs, and I am not sure how qualified I am to provide guidance. Anyhow, I will do my best to share what information I…
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Data Science is more than just Statistics: Part 2
A few days ago I posted Data Science is more than just Statistics. I did not feel the post was complete so I am adding a part 2. Data Collection I received a couple comments about data scientists being involved with the collection of data. Yes, I would agree that is true. In order for…
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Data Science is more than just Statistics
I occasionally get comments and emails similar to the following question: Should I attend a graduate program in data science or statistics? I believe there is some concern about the buzzword data science. People are unsure about getting a degree in a buzzword. I understand that. However, whether the term data science lasts or not,…
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Making Data tell a Story
I don’t think anybody does it better than Hans Rosling. In the following video he helps to explain population growth, child mortality, and fossil fuel usage based upon wealth. I love how he uses toy blocks and chips to help visualize his point. See the original post from the Guardian, Hans Rosling: the man who’s…
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A very nice visualization of the Central Limit Theorem
The blog post, Central Limit Theorem Visualized in D3, was posted last week. The post does 2 very nice things. First, it provides a nice visual of what the central limit theorem means. Second, it displays the wonderful power of the javascript library, D3.
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Probabilistic Programming and Bayesian Methods for Hackers Online Book
Probabilistic Programming and Bayesian Methods for Hackers is an open source online book. The book is developed with iPython, so it can be read in a variety of formats: web, PDF, or locally with iPython installed. Also, contributions are welcome via the Github repository for the book (or you can email the authors). This is…
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Probabilistic Programming and Bayesian Methods for Hackers Online Book
Probabilistic Programming and Bayesian Methods for Hackers is an open source online book. The book is developed with iPython, so it can be read in a variety of formats: web, PDF, or locally with iPython installed. Also, contributions are welcome via the Github repository for the book (or you can email the authors). This is…
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Win-Vector Blog » Data Science, Machine Learning, and Statistics: what is in a name?
Win-Vector Blog » Data Science, Machine Learning, and Statistics: what is in a name?. This is an excellent write-up for the differences between: Statistics Machine Learning Data Mining Informatics Big Data Predictive Analytics Data Science
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Best Free Data Mining Tools
I recently saw the article, The Best Data Mining Tools You Can Use for Free in Your Company. It contains a very brief description of each of the following tools. RapidMiner RapidAnalytics Weka PSPP KNIME Orange Apache Mahout jHepWork Rattle See The Best Data Mining Tools You Can Use for Free in Your Company for…
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10 R packages
Yhat, a new predictive modeling startup, wrote up a nice blog post about 10 R Packages I wish I knew about earlier. It is worth reading through the list. Special Thanks to Mark Nickel for pointing out this link.
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Hans Rosling: The Joy of Stats
Hans Rosling does an excellent job of showing how “not boring” statistics can be. This is a great informative statistics video. It was originally posted at The Joy of Stats. The Joy of Stats from Gapminder on Vimeo.