June 2022 Many people entering the data field will weigh up the option of taking an online certification. Some of the more popular Data Analyst ones that I’m aware of are the Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate and the IBM Data Analyst Professional Certificate and there are many more out …
They say that a majority of Data Science time is spent cleaning data. I suspect that partly it’s because many data systems are still maturing and need to go through a messy phase, and partly the universe is just a haphazard, chaotic, messy place that we’re trying to squeeze into …
If you’re new to Data Analysis… Welcome! Glad you have you :). People learn data analysis skills in different ways. Maybe you’ve done some courses, tutorials, certifications or even a whole degree. You’re either working on creating a portfolio or you’ve received your very first dataset and real world questions …
If you’re working in a technical role within Data Science, be it as a Data Scientist, Data Analyst, Machine Learning Engineer, Business Analyst or something related – at some point you will probably be faced with the question: “Should I stay Technical, or should I move into Management?” Maybe this …
03 August 2020 I’ve got a fun little side project going and I’m inviting you along for the journey! The folks at DataJobs.nl have very kindly agreed to let me analyse all their job ads data. DataJobs is a website that posts data-related job ads for roles based in the …
After some 15 years using Excel, I’m not sure how I’ve never seen this issue until now (or did I just not notice 😱 ?). In this post, I’ll quickly cover what it is and how to fix it. Firstly, it’s not a bug. It’s a feature built into Excel …
At some point you may be looking for a “real world” dataset to practice analysis on or to give to students. The value of such data is that it gives analysts a chance to develop skills they need for their work, but are hard to master when given “clean” datasets, …
In late 2020 I was hiring for a data analyst role. We were looking for someone with domain expertise, R and some SQL if possible. That alone is a long wishlist ;). Originally this post started as a twitter thread which you can find a link to at the end. These …
A little while ago I noticed some really interesting graphs composed entirely of emoji and I’ve been keen to gather a bunch of examples together. I like “EmojiVIz” because it’s engaging, succinct and if done well, really informative and memorable. Case in point: some of the EmojiViz included this post …
People using R for analysis or data science might have heard that the R community is really active on Twitter, but feel a bit lost when trying to figure out how to use Twitter. Like most social media apps, there’s a bit of a learning curve to get going. In …
