Sun.Dec 23, 2018

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The most practical causal inference book I’ve read (is still a draft)

Data Science and Beyond

I’ve been interested in the area of causal inference in the past few years. In my opinion it’s more exciting and relevant to everyday life than more hyped data science areas like deep learning. However, I’ve found it hard to apply what I’ve learned about causal inference to my work. Now, I believe I’ve finally found a book with practical techniques that I can use on real problems: Causal Inference by Miguel Hernán and Jamie Robins.

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The Best Fails of 2018

Bruno Aziza

2018. What an incredible year. I’m no financial expert. But as a market observer, I have noted a fair amount of #fails this year. Here are at least 3 that I thought would be worth recapping. I’m sure I’ve missed a few. Feel free to tweet me at @brunoaziza for comments and suggestions.

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So What’s the Buzz Surrounding VR Data Visualization?

The Data Visualisation Catalogue

One of the methods I used during my investigatation into the impact of Virtual Reality (VR) technology on data visualization and infographic design was to simply search online what other people have been saying. For a few years now, there have been a number of articles prophesying the coming of VR to the field of data visualization and the big data industry.