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Top Companies to work for if you are a data scientist

Data Science 101

LinkedIn’s 2017 report had put Data Scientist as the second fastest growing profession and it’s number one on 2019’s list of most promising jobs. Even though it is fourth on the list according to statistics, it is still a fantastic company to expand your experience as a data scientist. This company is great for business analytics.

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PASS Financials: past, present and the Future:

Jen Stirrup

My analysis is based on the Financial statements put forward by PASS using some basic metrics; until you do that piece, you can’t move forward to compare and contrast it with other data since you have not done your ‘descriptive statistical analysis’ first to ensure that the comparison is valid. From 2014 onwards, I tried to do exactly that.

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As Nice as Pie

Peter James Thomas

While the history is not certain, most authorities credit the pioneer of graphical statistics, William Playfair , with creating this icon, which appeared in his Statistical Breviary, first published in 1801 [2]. The right-hand chart has the same breakdown, but for 2017. Business logic [My adaptation]. and of course.

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A Retrospective of 2018’s Articles

Peter James Thomas

As in 2017 , I have failed miserably in my original objective of posting this early in January. Overall the total number of articles and new pages I published exceeded 2017’s figures to claim the second spot behind 2009; our first year in business. Statistics & Data Science. Analytics & Big Data.

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What is Augmented Analytics and Why Does it Matter?

Smarten

If your role in business demands that you stay abreast of changes in business analytics, you are probably familiar with the term Smart Data Discovery. You may also have read the recent Gartner report entitled, ‘Augmented Analytics Is the Future of Data and Analytics’ , Published 27 July 2017, by Rita L.

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Fact-based Decision-making

Peter James Thomas

Integrity of statistical estimates based on Data. Having spent 18 years working in various parts of the Insurance industry, statistical estimates being part of the standard set of metrics is pretty familiar to me [7]. The thing with statistical estimates is that they are never a single figure but a range. million ± £0.5

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A Picture Paints a Thousand Numbers

Peter James Thomas

Throughout I use the word “category” to refer to something discrete that is plotted on an axis, for example France, Germany, Italy and The UK, or 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. Some authorities describe them as any diagram using a map to display statistical data; I cover this type of general chart in Map Charts below.

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