Tag: R
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#datamustread: Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization, and Statistics (2nd Edition) by Nathan Yau
While my latest book, KI für Content Creation, has just been reviewed by the renowned c’t magazine, I’m happy to continue reviewing books myself. Today, I’m reviewing the just-released second edition of a cornerstone of the data visualization community, Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization, and Statistics by Nathan Yau. Visualize This: A…
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Data Science Toolbox: How to use Julia with Tableau
Michael, a data scientist, who is working for a German railway and logistics company, recently told me during a FATUG Meetup that he loves Tableau’s R integration and Tableau’s Python integration. As he continued, he raised the question of using functions they have written in Julia. Julia, a high-level dynamic programming language for high-performance numerical…
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Tableau Conference TC17 Sneak Peek: Integrating Julia for Advanced Analytics
We have already seen some love from Tableau for R and Python, boosting Tableau’s Advanced Analytics capabilities. So what is the next big thing for our Data Science Rockstars? Julia! Who is Julia? Julia is a high-level dynamic programming language introduced in 2012. Designed to address the needs of high-performance numerical analysis its syntax is very similar to…
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Price and Sentiment Analysis: Why is Bitcoin Going Down?
Bitcoin has become one of the trendy investment assets in the recent years. Whenever bitcoin prices approach historical highs, every investor should watch the currency closely. Bitcoin rallied by more than 20% in the first days of 2017, crossing the $1000 mark for the first time since November 2013. As many experienced bitcoin traders will remember, the…
