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Why data scientists are rock stars of the tech world
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Concerts not included
As with any highly sought after role, data scientists - those that possess the skills needed to understand this data - are now akin to the rock stars of the tech world. The amount of data being amassed and analysed is growing at an incredible rate, with industry leaders eager to monopolise this vast resource to revolutionise their businesses. While organisations have long used data to inform their decisions, they now lack the skills necessary for developing useful insights due to the volume of material being created.
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How Your Small Business Can Make Use Of Big Data Now
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Big Data for Small Business
For the past few years, people have been talking about big data. Surely you've heard of it, but do you take advantage of it for your small business? Big data has left its mark on every industry imaginable, including healthcare, advertising, marketing, retail, telecommunications and insurance. My business uses big data to better understand who our customers are - we want to know who is buying our products and what they use our products for. With this information, we can more successfully target consumers who might benefit from our products and can design and manufacture better products for our customers' specific needs.
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How to create your first Microsoft Power BI dashboard
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It takes just a few clicks of the mouse to create a dashboard report in Power BI
If you can handle a simple paint program, you already have all the expertise you need. Data visualization can greatly simplify and amplify raw data, turning it into informative nuggets of actionable information for decision makers. In the Microsoft ecosystem of Windows 10, Office 365, and Azure, the default data visualization tool is Power BI, which is available for free as a web service or as part of one of the business editions of Office 365.
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Big Data Analytics Talent is Just Waiting to be Tapped
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What Data Scientist shortage?
 Last year, data analytics guru Tom Davenport dismissed the notion that there's a shortage of data scientist skills. Yes, they were, at one point, as "rare as vegetarian dogs." Lately, however, while "there may not be a glut of data scientists, but they are much easier to find and hire than they used to be. If you can offer only a decent salary, you'll probably be OK. And even the most traditional business can hire them these days." He observes that there are now more than 100 degree programs across the United States, and, contrary to perceptions, a master's degree - not a Ph.D. - will suffice. "In short, there is no excuse for not building a data science capability," Davenport says.
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| 8 Female Analytics Experts From The Fortune 500 |
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A woman in analytics is as common as a man in analytics
Yet you might not know that by looking at the speaking rosters of many industry events. I've written about it, talked about it, and I have lots of data to make my case. Here are a few samples: 52.9% of statisticians are women. More than 40% of math and statistics degrees at levels and 40% of actuarial Bachelor's degrees are earned by women. About one in three members of the American Statistical Association are women.
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