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January 20197 Data Science Conferences to Attend in 2019
If you've ever been to a conference, you know how much there is to learn. Which data science conferences will you attend? 2019's coming to an end. Check out my list of 8 Data Science Conferences To Attend In 2020. Data Science Dojo's sponsoring Kaggle Days Tokyo! Kagglers of all levels are wel...
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January 2019Does The Shift in Major League Baseball Work?
Take a look at WRC+, wOBA, and wRAA to determine if the shift is really creating a problem for Major League Baseball.Argue all you want, nobody was better on the diamond than Ted Williams. The last player to finish a season with a .400 avg, Teddy Ballgame was also one of the first r...
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January 2019Getting Started with Kaggle Competitions
What's a Kaggle Competition? I didn't know, so I looked it up. Get started by reading what I learned, and find an active list of competitions. First of all, what's Kaggle? Until a few months ago I didn't know the answer to that question. If you don't either that's okay, we're goi...
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January 2019How the Government Shutdown (was) affecting Data Science
During the longest government shutdown in the US history, many industries were affected, but maybe none more than data science. [UPDATE 1/28/19 The US Government Shutdown has ended, and online databases have been restored. The following article documents how the Dec 2018- Jan 2019 shutdow...
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January 2019Our Top Video Marketing Platforms
Online videos account for 80% of all consumer internet traffic. Here are some platforms that make data analysis easy.The importance of video marketing cannot be overstated. By 2019, video traffic will account for 80% of all consumer internet traffic, and one-third of all online activity is spe...
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January 2019A Comprehensive Tutorial on Classification using Decision Trees
Complete the tutorial to revisit and master the fundamentals of decision tree classification models, one of the simplest and easiest models to explain. Introduction Data Scientists use machine learning techniques to make predictions under a variety of scenarios. Machine learning can be use...
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January 20196 Effective Email Marketing Metrics to Measure Success
Every email marketing campaign will succeed or fail, but how do you categorize something as a success or a failure? That's where metrics come in. Marketing campaigns are measured differently depending on your overarching goal, but most of the metrics we all use are the same. Metrics are a...
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December 2018Marketing Analytics Tools For Success
From customer relationship management to tracking analytics, marketing tools are important in the modern world. Learn how to make the most of these tools.What do you normally find in a toolbox? A hammer, screwdriver, nails, tape measure? If you're building a bird house, these would be perfect for ...
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December 2018Unfolding Naive Bayes from Scratch Part Two
Naive Bayes, one of the most common algorithms, can do a fairly good job at most classification tasks. A Deep Dive into Naïve Bayes for Text Classification Often used for classifying text into categories, Naive Bayes uses probability to make predictions for the purpose of classifica...
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November 2018Do Not Let Ad Hoc Analysis Drag you Down
Maybe your boss isn’t Bill Lumbergh, but if his understanding of analytics is limited to green and red, chances are you’ve rolled your eyes more than once.Hello Peter, what's happening? Ummm, I'm gonna need you to go ahead come in tomorrow to build that report. So if you could be here around 9...
