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Rory Spanton Rory Spanton
Updated on July 21, 2023

How to Solve FizzBuzz in R

The FizzBuzz problem is a task often given in coding interviews. Impress your interviewers and improve your code with these five solutions.

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Ellen Glover Ellen Glover
Updated on July 20, 2023

What Is Synthetic Data?

Synthetic data allows people to digitally generate the exact data they need, on demand.

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Giorgos Myrianthous Giorgos Myrianthous
Updated on July 20, 2023

How to Place the Legend Outside the Plot in Matplotlib

When plotting figures with Matplotlib, learn how you can place the legend of a figure outside of the plot area.

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Chris Dowsett Chris Dowsett
Updated on July 20, 2023

What Is a Data Lake?

A data lake is a digital storage area where businesses hold structured and unstructured data including social media data, log files, emails, images and videos.

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Scott Thomson Scott Thomson
Updated on July 12, 2023

The Dangers of Too Much Data

Too much data can endanger results, not to mention consumers and the environment.

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Noah Topper Noah Topper
Updated on July 10, 2023

Sigmoid Activation Function: An Introduction

The sigmoid activation function is one of the earliest activation functions used in machine learning, but it still has many useful applications today. Our expert explains everything you need to know.

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Mang-Git Ng Mang-Git Ng
Updated on June 14, 2023

How Vertical SaaS Companies Can Meet 3 Data Challenges

Industry-specific SaaS companies are primed for growth. Data issues need not get in the way.

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Cassie Kozyrkov Cassie Kozyrkov
Updated on June 14, 2023

How Should Data Analysis Impact Your Decision-Making Process?

Everyone wants their thinking to be “data-driven,” but what exactly does that mean in practice? Our expert shares a primer on what statistics can and can’t tell you.

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Sadrach Pierre Sadrach Pierre
Updated on May 31, 2023

A Guide to Outlier Detection in Python

Outlier detection is the process of identifying data points that have extreme values compared to the rest of the distribution. Learn three methods of outlier detection in Python.

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Will Koehrsen Will Koehrsen
Updated on May 30, 2023

How to Mind Goodhart’s Law and Avoid Unintended Consequences

One of the first steps to solving a problem — data science or otherwise — is determining the right metrics to gauge success. Choose wisely.

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