More thinking to save money – reduce, reuse and recycle your data
Helping data & analytics leaders to save money. What opportunities could you identify from thinking Reduce, Reuse & Recycle your data?
Tag: statistics
March 2, 2023
Further lessons on improving your Data Interpretation skills
Part 2 of this series on Data Interpretation skills, Selby & Martina share the importance of increasing data literacy & critical thinking.
Is your actionable insight being limited by your communication skills?
Why language skills and words also matter when communicating actionable insights. Why data leaders need to master words as well as statistics
Learning from “The Book of Why” about Casual Science
Book review of Judea Pearl’s masterpiece: “The Book of Why”. An introduction to Causal Science. Why it matters for data scientists & analysts
Is your focus on prediction weakening your Data Science work?
Is today’s focus on prediction, rather than explanatory models, weakening the commercial impact of data teams? A challenge from Harry Powell.
You might be wasting your time with clustering for segmentation
Prof Nick Radcliffe makes the case for why clustering your customers is a bad idea that wastes analysts time & delivers suboptimal marketing.
How to make the world add up through more curiosity
Book review of the engaging & important “How to make the world add up” by Tim Harford. The host of BBC’s More or Less shows how in 10 rules.
1 billion gallons of water & remembering a sense of scale
Prof Nick Radcliffe debunks a claim about Edinburgh’s Commonwealth Pool & thus shows us how to develop a sense of scale for some big numbers.
Resources to help you develop your Statistics knowledge & skills
A collection of the best Statistics blogs, tweets & books to help you develop your Statistics knowledge & skills as an analyst or data leader
Mastering the Art of Statistics with this brilliant book
Book review of the brilliant “The Art of Statistics Learning from Data” by Prof David Spiegelhalter – why data & analytics leaders need this.
Thinking more deeply about Analytics, OR & AI with The OR Society
Debrief from the great Analytics, OR & AI Summit 2021 hosted by The OR Society, sharing insights from all speakers & links to learn even more
Remember your audience don’t understand Statistics
A call to data & analytics leaders to remember your audience don’t understand Statistics. Resources to help you overcome this comms challenge.