Statistics

Data: It takes a village, but the buck has to stop somewhere

I’ve said many times: too often, an existing function implicitly assumes data responsibilities in organizations that struggle with data management (for...
Michiko Wolcott
Apr 1, 2022 4 min read 135

I think I’m responsible for data… am I?

It’s more times than I can count on one hand. A business or technology leader tells me they have a lot...
Michiko Wolcott
Feb 1, 2022 4 min read 128

The Quality of Analytics Practice: Making It Happen

In my previous blog, “Who is looking after the quality of your analytics?”, I talked about what it meant to ensure...
Michiko Wolcott
Oct 1, 2021 5 min read 113

Who is looking after the quality of your analytics?

We talk a lot about using analytics to improve the quality of something else. But when was the last time you...
Michiko Wolcott
Aug 23, 2021 6 min read 159

How to Automate Analytics Professionals Out of Their Jobs

I would be a big fat liar if I say I have never wasted time. I’ve been unproductive and procrastinated plenty...
Michiko Wolcott
Jun 16, 2021 4 min read 130

The Math Behind: Everything about Principle Component Analysis (PCA)

PCA reduces the dimensionality of data points that are in many spaces. Some ready codes and libraries allow coders to create...
Sera Giz Ozel
Apr 8, 2021 4 min read

The Business Value Problem with Analytics

Analytics has a value problem. This is not new. In fact, we have been talking about this for decades. That notorious...
Michiko Wolcott
Jun 9, 2020 5 min read 260

Simulating Popular Distributions in Python

Interest in machine learning and data science has been growing at a rapid rate in recent years. More and more students...
Luka Beverin
May 20, 2020 3 min read 665

The disparity – Correlation vs Causation

We humans love to hear and tell stories. We are destined to naturally look for patterns in our day to day...
Priyasha Prasad
May 9, 2020 4 min read 389

How do Regression Trees Work?

Previously we spoke about decision trees and how they could be used in classification problems. Now we shift our focus onto...
Luka Beverin
Apr 13, 2020 7 min read

An Anecdote of Averages!

Get to know the 3 M’s – Mean, Median, Mode of statistics a little deeper, they trick you more so often....
Priyasha Prasad
Apr 11, 2020 3 min read 336

Please don’t let the data speak!

The world of data and analytics is full of misunderstanding and misinformation. Unfortunately, a lot of this is perpetuated not just...
Michiko Wolcott
Apr 7, 2020 4 min read 422

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