tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4801580385924874620.post4536630566060704502..comments2024-03-29T03:20:46.571-07:00Comments on The Aspirational Data Scientist: My Next StepsMTKnifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01023467857313555365noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4801580385924874620.post-85859186669887051492020-10-24T01:17:23.353-07:002020-10-24T01:17:23.353-07:00Very well written post. Thanks for sharing this, I...Very well written post. Thanks for sharing this, I really appreciate you taking the time to share with everyone. <a href="https://360digitmg.com/pmp-training-in-hyderabad" rel="nofollow">Pmp Certification</a> Priyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02596155224468979138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4801580385924874620.post-58632938563851997112012-12-26T15:25:36.790-08:002012-12-26T15:25:36.790-08:00I came from the stats and econometrics side of the...I came from the stats and econometrics side of the world. Smartest thing I ever did was learn SQL (never mentioned in several years of grad school). I also did the Mysql. Took at 3 day workshop at the local community college to get a decent foundation, then worked the rest on my own. But always more to learn.<br /><br />Now diving heavy into data mining. Although I know some of the simpler trees, etc. Have lots to learn. Begun to learn Rapid-I (Rapidminer). Seems to be a nice GUI with some powerful algorithms behind it. <br /><br />That will take a good long time- then I think a little Python might be on my list. Myles Gartland, PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06810858799202174830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4801580385924874620.post-90430526089068322212012-12-05T12:08:38.472-08:002012-12-05T12:08:38.472-08:00Udemy does indeed look like a useful site—I'll...Udemy does indeed look like a useful site—I'll add it to my links page.<br /><br />You're absolutely right that learning what method to apply when is the hard part. It can take a lot of training and/or experience to do well, which, I think, is why scientsts are currently in demand. In all honestly, even among experienced researchers, it's common to specialize in only a few methods, and, having those hammers, to treat everything as nails, or at least to look for problems that are amenable to hammering.<br /><br />However, I think what would help someone like you the most is to take a course (or better yet, courses) in research methods: in a good course, you'd learn a little about the philosophy of science, the nature of causality, and why you choose one method over another in a given situation. Some good research methods courses don't even get very deep into statistics, and in fact, a graduate program might introduce you to the basic research issues <i>before</i> getting to the stats, so that when you do learn the statistical methods, their pratical applications are more obvious.MTKnifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01023467857313555365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4801580385924874620.post-7540878885282286922012-12-04T08:17:00.888-08:002012-12-04T08:17:00.888-08:00Hi Scott,
Stumbled upon this via one of your posts...Hi Scott,<br />Stumbled upon this via one of your posts from Linkedin.<br />Great stuff...and ironically I'm the other half of the coin. I have the Database/Business Intelligence and Business experience skillsets. <br />I can pretty much manipulate and massage data to be represented a specific way to align it to a business case/problem. What I lack however are statistical analytical chops that will help extract the story behind the data.<br />I've taken Statistics courses in undergrad and a data mining course in my current Graduate certificate...however I think i'm still struggling between bridging the gap between theory and application. What method to apply when..and why?<br /><br /><br />Have you looked at a few courses @ Udemy.com.<br />http://www.udemy.com/learn-to-program-with-java/<br /><br />Best of luck.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04596454447908495168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4801580385924874620.post-61510028287093827142012-11-30T11:38:55.848-08:002012-11-30T11:38:55.848-08:00Good catch, Ana—I forgot to add that one to the li...Good catch, Ana—I forgot to add that one to the list. Coursera offers free online courses from well-known universities. The trick is finding a course you need offered when you need it, but I've just signed up for <a href="https://www.coursera.org/course/interactivepython" rel="nofollow"> this one on Python</a>, though there's been no announcement yet on when it will start.MTKnifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01023467857313555365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4801580385924874620.post-81079640731385856262012-11-30T10:20:08.022-08:002012-11-30T10:20:08.022-08:00Like you, I´m trying to be a data scientist.... lo...Like you, I´m trying to be a data scientist.... look at coursera.org... there are interesting things....<br />I´m a spanish stadistic unemployed woman.<br />Good look¡¡¡anahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11519204905787221710noreply@blogger.com