Blog Posts
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In the data science world, some of the best stuff is free. I’ve already posted about free books and some of the better videos on YouTube, so now let’s put together a list of software tools. Some of these are…
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Educational Videos on Data Science
Here’s a list of some of the better videos I’ve stumbled across over the past couple of years. They range from forward-looking glimpses into the future, to software tutorials. I’d love to grow this list, so if you have a…
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Introduction to RapidMiner Part 3
Now that you know how to import data and examine it, it’s time to get to the meat of RapidMiner: building a Process. And when you’re building a Process, the Design screen becomes really important.Open RapidMiner, and if it doesn’t…
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Book Review: Data Mining Techniques for Marketing, Sales, and CRM
Synopsis: Covers common analytical techniques for sales and marketingDifficulty: Intermediate I love niche books. Rather than cover a topic in broad strokes meant for widespread consumption, they target a specific kind of person and zero in on him/her. This is…
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Book Review: Exploring Data with Rapidminer
Synopsis: Data preparation and visualization within a popular software toolDifficulty: Beginner Most books about a particular software tool will focus on the core capabilities of that tool, giving only cursory (if any) coverage about the housekeeping or preparatory functions. For…
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Book Review: Introduction to Data Science by Jeffrey Stanton
Synopsis: An explanation of common data science tasks like text analysis and regressions, coupled with an intro to the R programming language.Difficulty: Beginner There must be a hundred resources online called “Introduction to Data Science”, but let’s face it–most of them are…
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Introduction to RapidMiner Part 2
Now that we have RapidMiner downloaded and installed, it’s time to import a dataset so we can begin to examine it. Hopefully the quick overview of the GUI in our last post has given you enough to be able to…
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Book Review: Big Data – Understanding How Data Powers Big Business
Synopsis: A guide for managers to plan for incorporation of Big Data and Analytics in their company. Difficulty: Not really applicable. After reading through “Big Data”, I had to go back and read it again. Not because it was confusing or poorly…
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Introduction to RapidMiner Part 1
RapidMiner is widely used and has a free version that is ideal for learning (and even useful enough to solve some real problems day-to-day). During this three-part tutorial series we’ll download the software, load data into it, and learn how…