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I get way too many questions from aspiring data scientists regarding machine learning. Like what parts of machine learning they should learn more about to get a job….
I’ve talked a lot already about the three primary skills you need to know for data science: coding, statistics and business thinking… But it’s worth listing those secondary…
Is it important for data scientists to have domain knowledge in a specific field? In this article, I’ll answer this question. As you might have heard from me…
A question that I get often is this: “Should an aspiring data scientist learn more about big data (e.g. Apache Hadoop or Spark) to get a job?” I’ll…
In this article, I’ll answer a frequently asked question – which is: “What does a data scientist’s day look like?” This article is available in video and podcast…
Why are people losing at the casinos? Why shouldn’t you buy a lottery ticket? How do you account for uncertainty when you invest a smaller or bigger amount…
Tomi Gelo was one of the first participants in my 6-week data science course (the Junior Data Scientist’s First Month). Since then, he has done some pretty cool…
One of the most common questions I get from aspiring/junior data scientists is this: Is it possible to get freelance gigs and jobs as a junior data scientist?…
I’ve written about the importance of scripting in data science. But I’ve realized that I’ve never introduced my favorite script editor. It’s Sublime Text 3! In this article,…
Scatter plots are frequently used in data science and machine learning projects. In this pandas tutorial, I’ll show you two simple methods to plot one. Both solutions will…
Google Analytics is the most popular digital analytics tool in the world. Based on W3Techs market share report, Google Analytics is used by 84.1% of all websites for…
Plotting a histogram in Python is easier than you’d think! And in this article, I’ll show you how. I have a strong opinion about visualization in Python, which…
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to run a Python script. And it’s quite essential. When working on data science projects, you’ll write Python code all the time……
Recently, I had the “pleasure” of setting up my work computer (the computer that I use exclusively for data science projects) from scratch. I have a 2016 Macbook…
Working with current dates and times in data science projects is quite common. In this episode of my SQL tutorial series I’ll show you the best functions that…
In this episode of the SQL tutorial series you’ll learn two simple but important commands that you’ll use frequently when working in SQL: TRUNCATE TABLE and DROP TABLE….
In my previous article about statistical averages, we discussed how you can describe your dataset with a few central values (mean, median and mode). That’s well and good……
I always say that learning linear regression in Python is the best first step towards machine learning. Linear regression is simple and easy to understand even if you…
In this article I’ll answer a very simple question: What is data science? Well, the question is simple, sure… But the answer is rather complex. The problem is…
This is the second episode of my web scraping tutorial series. In the first episode, I showed you how you can get and clean the data from one…