Why is it so hard to find effective data science courses? For instance, courses that cover the practical work involved in going from problem to solution? This is a question I was asked last week. To answer it, we can employ basic mathematics. Draw a Venn diagram. Include the following sets. people who are good at statistics people who are good at coding people who have good social skills people … [Read more...]
Free on-line data science courses from Stanford
Stanford has a number of free on-line courses in session that might be of interest to data scientists. They started last week, but you can still join. Statistical Learning The Statistical Learning course is an introductory-level course in supervised learning with a focus on regression and classification methods. The course uses R, and the text book, "An Introduction to Statistical Learning with … [Read more...]