The best way to really learn data analytics is to apply what you’ve learned in classes and videos to process and analyze real, messy, complicated data. You may be lucky and have the resources and time to do this all at work. If not, you’ll likely be doing side projects in your spare time toContinue reading “Finding a Good Data Set to Play With”
Author Archives: Kelly Dunn
How To Avoid Park-Goers In a Pandemic
Or, if you’re just anti-social When the pandemic started and everything was upended, I was curious how it was affecting people’s use of city parks. Anecdotally, I knew I was using them more than usual, because there wasn’t much else to do, and I still needed to exercise. It seemed like other people were too.Continue reading “How To Avoid Park-Goers In a Pandemic”
How to Create Surveys that People Will Enjoy Taking, Part 2
Today I’ll focus on writing good questions. While this may seem like the main substance of survey creation, figuring out what and why you’re researching in the first place, from Part 1, should come first. 1. Write questions in a way that reduces bias. Asking a question like “Do you enjoy using our services?” tendsContinue reading “How to Create Surveys that People Will Enjoy Taking, Part 2”
Nerd on the Bus 