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7 habits of highly effective data analysis

Highly effective data analysis isn’t learned overnight, but it can be learned faster. Here are 7 habits of data analysis I wish someone told me for effectively incorporating, communicating and investing in data analysis geared towards an engineering team.1. Value …

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Coursera Machine Learning review

If you want to get the lowdown on Coursera’s Machine Learning course in one place, then you’ll LOVE this review.Just curious about machine learning or this course, you’ll love this review, too! 🙂I personally took the course and reviewed the …

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History of data mining

Data mining is everywhere, but its story starts many years before Moneyball and Edward Snowden. The following are major milestones and “firsts” in the history of data mining plus how it’s evolved and blended with data science and big data.Data …

Top 10 data mining algorithms in plain R

Top 10 data mining algorithms in plain R

Knowing the top 10 most influential data mining algorithms is awesome.Knowing how to USE the top 10 data mining algorithms in R is even more awesome.That’s when you can slap a big ol’ “S” on your chest……because you’ll be unstoppable!Today, …

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C4.5 data mining algorithm in plain english

The C4.5 data mining algorithm is part of a longer article about many more data mining algorithms.What does it do?  C4.5 constructs a classifier in the form of a decision tree. In order to do this, C4.5 is given a set …