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Machine learning & data science for beginners and experts alike.

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Encoding Techniques for Machine Learning in Alteryx: A Conci...

In this blog, we will explore a number of encoding techniques and understand the best scenarios for effective application.

Machine Learning

10 min to read

Is More Information Always Better in Machine Learning?

Learn about the different types of correlation and information for modeling

Machine Learning

8 min to read

Period Determination Methods for Seasonal Time Series Data

Learn methodology for determining periods in time series data to feed into decomposition algorithms

Classification

5 min to read

New ML Model Macro With Monotonic Constraint Capabilities

Learn about a macro for training machine learning binary classification models with monotonic constraints.

4 min to read

The Power of Automated Machine Learning

In this article, I will walk through a few challenges of machine learning (ML) and how Alteryx Machine Learning can help.

Machine Learning

3 min to read

One-hot Encoding for Machine Learning on Alteryx

I have prepared a macro for Alteryx which allows you to convert variables that are categorical in nature into numerical variables, a process called one-hot encoding

4 min to read

Alteryx Time Series in Her Past, Present, and Future: Rachel...

From Alteryx customer to now Alteryx Advisor, come learn about Rachel’s experience with time series predictions and Alteryx Machine Learning.

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Average Joes: Predicting Vehicle CO2 Emissions (Sustainabili...

With a core focus on sustainability, this Average Joes session focused on analyzing CO2 emission output of different vehicle sizes, engine types, models, etc. We leveraged Designer...

Classification

7 min to read

How Do You Know if Your Classification Model Is Any Good?

With auto ML technology, model creation is more accessible than ever. The difficulty lies in determining if that model is any good.

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Average Joes: Rockin' Around the HITmas Tree

In this session, we will be creating some songs and predicting whether the songs we make could become Christmas hits!

Intelligence Suite

2 min to read

Football (Soccer) Analytics: Using Alteryx to Predict the Wo...

How we can take data from every international match to undertake historical analysis and then use this to predict future results, including the world cup!

6 min to read

When Do You Need a Machine Learning Model?

Whether you are a data analyst, financial analyst, BI developer, or consultant, you can understand the basics of machine learning: the use cases, the high-level processes, and the...

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Average Joes: Predicting Perfection GOAT Guide (NBA)

In this session, we will take player recruits and their average measures across a variety of basketball stats and see which players map to which top 10 all-time NBA GOAT player pro...

7 min to read

How to Predict Late Payments with Machine Learning

Read how you can build an accounts receivable predictive model with Alteryx Machine Learning.

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Average Joes: College Football Predictions

Watch to see how to use Alteryx Machine Learning to get predictions for the number of games won by college football teams!

5 min to read

Alteryx Machine Learning: Power to the People, Analytics for...

In this last part, we will focus on understanding the model's results to explain it and put it into production so that it starts generating value immediately.

6 min to read

Alteryx Machine Learning: Power to the people, Analytics for...

In this second installment of three, we will talk about how to configure the platform to create predictive models.

6 min to read

Alteryx Machine Learning: Power to the People, Analytics for...

This is the first part of a series of three articles where I will review the Alteryx Machine Learning platform in the cloud.

Intelligence Suite

4 min to read

Assisted Modeling: The Power of Augmented Intelligence, Part...

This is part 2 in the series on Assisted Modeling with Intelligence Suite

Intelligence Suite

5 min to read

Assisted Modeling: The Power of Augmented Intelligence

If you know the business and have questions that you would like to answer without depending on others to do it, this blog may interest you.

Machine Learning

25 min to read

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

5 min to read

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

2 min to read

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

9 min to read

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

9 min to read

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

4 min to read

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

8 min to read

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

2 min to read

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

1 min to read

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

1 min to read

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.