Reducing (although sadly not eliminating) bias in sample gathering

(Complete Table of Contents here: http://aka.ms/backyarddatascience) What, Why, How To obtain the data for the analysis a Data Scientist needs to work with, there are two options: you can get all the data (called a population or "X") or a subset of the data (called a sample, or "x"). Most of the time the information …

The Data Scientist’s Computer

(Complete Table of Contents here: http://aka.ms/backyarddatascience) Journal Everyone uses a computer for lots of things, from e-mail to chat, from gaming to office work. And yet, there are some specific needs a Data Scientist has for their primary system. While I don’t recommend a specific brand or model (these things change too quickly to make …