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Jordan Morrow Jordan Morrow
Updated on August 10, 2023

Data Visualization: What It Is and How to Use It

Charts and graphs of all kinds help data tell a story.

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Xichu Zhang Xichu Zhang
Updated on August 05, 2023

Symmetric Matrix Properties and Applications: A Guide

A symmetric matrix is one that is equal to its transpose. Here’s how to identify one and how it can be applied.  

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Rex Ahlstrom Rex Ahlstrom
Updated on August 01, 2023

Data Mesh vs. Data Fabric: Which Is Right for Your Organization?

As your company looks for a data management strategy, you may consider a data mesh or a data fabric architecture. Our expert explains the differences and how to decide which fits your needs.

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Chris Dowsett Chris Dowsett
Updated on July 20, 2023

What Is a Data Lake?

A data lake is a digital storage area where businesses hold structured and unstructured data including social media data, log files, emails, images and videos.

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Cassie Kozyrkov Cassie Kozyrkov
Updated on June 14, 2023

How Should Data Analysis Impact Your Decision-Making Process?

Everyone wants their thinking to be “data-driven,” but what exactly does that mean in practice? Our expert shares a primer on what statistics can and can’t tell you.

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Aleksandras Šulženko Aleksandras Šulženko
Updated on June 14, 2023

How Governments Can Use Alternative Data for Policymaking

The increasing digitization of society means a wealth of public data exists beyond traditional sources. Our expert argues that governments can use this data to make faster, more flexible policy decisions.

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Sadrach Pierre Sadrach Pierre
Updated on May 15, 2023

Streamlit Tutorial: A Beginner’s Guide to Building Machine Learning-Based Web Applications in Python

Analytics dashboards are a great way for data scientists to communicate insights to companies, but they can often be expensive and time-consuming to build. Streamlit is an easy-to-use library for Python that simplifies the process.

Abdishakur Hassan Abdishakur Hassan
Updated on May 15, 2023

What Is Data Architecture?

Data architecture helps companies leverage their data as a strategic asset, translate the data into an effective model and build their data strategy.

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Erdem İŞBİLEN Erdem İŞBİLEN
Updated on April 12, 2023

What Is Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE)?

In statistics, we can use maximum likelihood estimation (MLE) to estimate the parameters of models. Here’s how MLE works.

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Artem Oppermann Artem Oppermann
Updated on April 06, 2023

What Is CatBoost?

CatBoost is a machine learning gradient-boosting algorithm that’s particularly effective for handling data sets with categorical features. Our expert explains how CatBoost works and why it’s so effective.

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