Data Science

Machine learning & data science for beginners and experts alike.

Machine Learning

Type Inference for Natural Language

In this post, we’ll walk through the steps that we at Alteryx Machine Learning took to build a function that could perform natural language type inference.

Alteryx Designer

Using Code-Free ML to Predict the 2021 World Chess Champions...

In light of the upcoming 2021 World Chess Championship match, I decided to marry my so-called analytics skills and my long-term, love-hate relationship with chess.

Best Practices

Get Moving With Machine Learning in One Hour

In just an hour, this trio of videos can help anyone become more comfortable and familiar with the tools of machine learning.

Best Practices

Dealing with Data Leakage

A plumber can't help you with data leakage. Be prepared to DIY by learning how to recognize and avoid this potentially messy problem.

Alteryx Designer

Image Recognition: Classification Models Made Simple

Get ready to build image classification models with the new Image Recognition Tool. Our favorite animated TV family helps us see how it's done.

Machine Learning

Building a Recommendation Engine with Alteryx + Python

With a bit of data science plus Alteryx Designer, we built a recommendation engine for the Alteryx Community in under 30 days.

Machine Learning

Am I the...Data Geek Who Analyzed Reddit AITA Posts? Yes.

Topic modeling and sentiment analysis reveal the answer to the age-old question, "AITA?" — with a bonus refresher on correlation and contingency tables.

Machine Learning

Accomplish More with Automated Machine Learning

Automated machine learning can help us all accomplish more. Learn more about autoML and how our open-source Python library EvalML makes it easier to explore that potential.

Alteryx Designer

Computer Vision Within Reach: A Deeper Dive Into OCR and Mor...

Discussions of computer vision can be incredibly technical. Here's a gentle introduction to what's happening under the hood of the Alteryx tools.

Best Practices

Feature Engineering 101: Introduction to Featuretools

Construct new features automatically to build better models, save time and avoid the mistakes that can occur in a manual process.

Machine Learning

Learning Data Science Through Social Media

Add some data science to your social media scrolling! Learn a little every day with these accounts that offer fun, quick ideas and tips.

Best Practices

Vital Signs: Assessing Data Health and Dealing with Outliers

Learn about the diagnostic powers of the Data Health Tool and find out how to take action on your results, especially outliers you find.