PinnedWhy you should summarize your data with the geometric mean(or two other common statisitcs)Dec 15, 201618Dec 15, 201618
Published inCodeXYou’re Telling Me This Is Data Science?Misconceptions About Working In DataJun 18, 20227Jun 18, 20227
Amazing Things I’ve Heard in Interviews I’ve FailedI actually haven’t interviewed that many times. I feel like half the time I get the job, and the other half of the time it’s a horrendous…Jan 20, 20226Jan 20, 20226
Published inTowards Data ScienceSix Skills for Data Work — It’s Not All TechnicalGo Beyond Coding To Be Useful And EmployedMar 25, 20211Mar 25, 20211
Nice write-up of this position, Erik. I'm of the same persuasion.I've seen the same thing in the R world, between different dialects. I even wrote a piece comparing one approach (the “tidyverse”) to a…Mar 22, 20211Mar 22, 20211
Are dashboards dead? Kind of. Which I think makes them undead.No, they're not dead: because people keep asking for them, and other people keep making them.Mar 16, 2021Mar 16, 2021
Published inExcursionsFantasy Class MixerA Generic Class System for Fantasy GamesFeb 10, 2021Feb 10, 2021
Published inTowards Data ScienceOverwhelmed by R? Start SlowA First Lesson in R Commands For the Non-ProgrammerOct 26, 20201Oct 26, 20201
Published inTowards Data ScienceHow I Teach RLast year I started teaching a six-week R programming course at a university. Here’s my approach.Oct 15, 2020Oct 15, 2020