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When to use Excel, when to use R?
Because I wrote a book on data analysis and am currently finishing a book on Excel and a introductory video series on R for O’Reilly (I’ll tweet the link when I have one), I get asked this question pretty frequently. … Continue reading
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Tagged data, data analysis, Excel, graphics, Head First, R, rstats, visualization
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Structured references and tables in Excel
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Tagged data analysis, Excel, Head First, microsoft office, structured references, tutorial
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How to learn a new language… the weird way
The highly literate mute When I was in graduate school, a friend of mine earned some extra cash as an English tutor for students from Southeast Asia. As he was sizing up his students’ knowledge of English, he noticed something … Continue reading
Four ways that writing Head First has blown my mind
If you’re at all familiar with Head First books, you probably know that they’re written differently from most books that aspire to help you learn a new skill. Brett McLaughlin, Brian Sawyer, and Andrew Stellman have all recently weighed in on … Continue reading
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Tagged content, design, failure, Head First, InDesign, visualization, writing
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Here comes Head First Data Analysis
Data analysis is hot: every day we read about people doing complex and illuminating things with their data. It’s an exciting, dynamic time to be a professional analyst, and even people with backgrounds in statistics, engineering, or computer science have … Continue reading