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Data Exploration with Python, Part 3

Embarking on an Insight-Finding Mission

This is the third post in our Data Exploration with Python series. Before reading this post, make sure to check out Part 1 and Part 2!

Preparing yourself and your data like we have done thus far in this series is essential to analyzing your data well. However, the most exciting part of Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) is actually . . .

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March 31, 2017

Data Exploration with Python, Part 2

Preparing Your Data to be Explored

This is the second post in our Data Exploration with Python series. Before reading this post, make sure to check out Data Exploration with Python, Part 1!

Mise en place (noun): In a professional kitchen, the disciplined organization and preparation of equipment and food before service begins.

When performing . . .

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February 07, 2017

Data Exploration with Python, Part 1

Preparing Yourself to Become a Great Explorer

Exploratory data analysis (EDA) is an important pillar of data science, a critical step required to complete every project regardless of the domain or the type of data you are working with. It is exploratory analysis that gives us a sense of what additional work should be performed to quantify and extract insights from our data. It also . . .

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December 29, 2016

Beyond the Word Cloud

Visualizing Text with Python

In this article, we explore two extremely powerful ways to visualize text: word bubbles and word networks. These two visualizations are replacing word clouds as the defacto text visualization of choice because they are simple to create, understandable, and provide deep and valuable at-a-glance insights. In this post, we will examine how to . . .

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July 26, 2016

Visual Diagnostics for More Informed Machine Learning: Part 3

Visual Evaluation and Parameter Tuning

Note: Before starting Part 3, be sure to read Part 1 and Part 2!

Welcome back! In this final installment of Visual Diagnostics for More Informed Machine Learning, we'll close the loop on visualization tools for navigating the different phases of the machine learning workflow. Recall that we are framing the workflow in terms of . . .

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May 25, 2016

Visual Diagnostics for More Informed Machine Learning: Part 2

Demystifying Model Selection

Note: Before starting Part 2, be sure to read Part 1!

When it comes to machine learning, ultimately the most important picture to have is the big picture. Discussions of (i.e. arguments about) machine learning are usually about which model is the best. Whether it's logistic regression, random forests, Bayesian methods, support . . .

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May 23, 2016

Visual Diagnostics for More Informed Machine Learning: Part 1

Feature Analysis

How could they see anything but the shadows if they were never allowed to move their heads?

— Plato The Allegory of the Cave

Python and high level libraries like Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, NLTK, PyBrain, Theano, and MLPY have made machine learning accessible to a broad programming community that might never . . .

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May 19, 2016

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