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Three Practical Ways of Narrating Your BI

Data storytelling is often too abstract to apply to business intelligence. However, there are practical techniques of enhancing BI with words, annotations, and narrations.

Embracing Predictive Analytics (Part 1 in a Series)

The more you understand how algorithmic models work, the better the opportunities to engage the right set of data scientists and make them productive.

Data Digest: Focus on Data Visualization

Articles in today's digest look at creating visualizations like a data artist, how to use scatter plots effectively, and how to use create simple and effective graphs with JavaScript.

Learning from Data: Why These Three Styles Matter

For decision makers to get the greatest benefit from data, BI needs to better align with how people learn and remember that not everyone benefits equally from data visualizations.

Data Digest: Getting Started with Analytics, Next Steps in Big Data, and Becoming a Data Scientist

Executing the best possible data analytics strategy, getting the most out of the data you collect, and how to become a data scientist without a degree.

Understanding the Hype Curve

The hype curve goes a long way to explaining how a product goes from a theory to maturity.

Data Stories: ER Visits; The Supreme Court

What's sending people to the emergency room, plus how has the liberal/conservative balance of the Supreme Court changed over the years?

Without Context, Big Data is Flat Data

It's not enough to know what your customers are doing. You need context to understand why customers do what they do.

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