EB
Mar 19, 2019
Recipes don't always work

Recipes don't always work - they are great starting points but they aren't always the only way to do things.

EB
Mar 5, 2019
Incrementally Better

Recently, I spent a week at the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. While visiting, I stayed in Tusayan Arizona, just a few miles outside the park's

EB
Feb 7, 2019
Quick Tip – Speed up Pandas using Modin

If you use pandas in your data analysis, you can now use modin to speed it up. In this post, I do a test to find the savings from modin and pandas.

EB
Jan 30, 2019
Stationary Data Tests for Time Series Forecasting

In this post, I provide a walkthrough of using statistical tests (like the Dickey-Fuller test) to check stationary data while forecasting time series.

EB
Jan 25, 2019
Foto Friday – Pika Rocky Mountain National Park

Pika Rocky Mountain National Park While in Rocky Mountain National Park last year, I stumbled upon an area perfect for Pikas. I sat myself down next to

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Jan 24, 2019
Forecasting Time Series Data using Autoregression

This post provides an introduction to forecasting time series using autoregression models. A walkthrough is provided along with sample code.

EB
Jan 23, 2019
Do you need machine learning? Maybe. Maybe Not.

Do you need machine learning? Maybe. Maybe not. Everyone's talking about machine learning but its not the answer to every problem.

EB
Jan 18, 2019
Foto Friday – Rocky Mountain National Park

Late last year I had the opportunity to spend a week in Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP).  Strangely, I'd never actually been to RMNP although I've

EB
Jan 15, 2019
The Data Mining Trap

In a post titled Data Mining - A Cautionary Tale, I share the idea that data mining can be dangerous by sharing the story of Cornell's Brian Wansink, who

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Jan 11, 2019
Foto Friday – On the way to Zion National Park

I call this one "On the way to Zion". Captured with Canon 5D and Canon 17-40 handheld on the way into Zion National Park.   Purchase a copy for your

EB
Jan 7, 2019
Quick Tip: Consuming Google Search results to use for web scraping

While working on a project recently, I needed to grab some google search results for specific search phrases and then scrape the content from the page

EB
Jan 7, 2019
This one skill will make you a data science rockstar

Want to be a data science rockstar? of course you do! Sorry for the clickbait headline, but I wanted to reach as many people as I can with this important

Quick Tip: Comparing two pandas dataframes and getting the differences
Jan 3, 2019
Quick Tip: Comparing two pandas dataframes and getting the differences

A quick tip on Comparing two pandas dataframes and getting the differences in python pandas.

EB
Jan 3, 2019
Data Mining – A Cautionary Tale

When analyzing data, one of the best (and worst) things you can do is data mining. When done right, its great but when done wrong, beware the data mining.

EB
Dec 19, 2018
Forecasting with Random Forests

Forecasting with Random Forests is possible with the proper setup.

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