Data Science

Machine learning & data science for beginners and experts alike.

Machine Learning

Beyond Churn: An Introduction to Uplift Modeling

Knowing which customers might churn is helpful, but uplift modeling can give you a new window into the nuances of customers' responses, among other applications.

Introducing Compose for Prediction Engineering

How to build better training examples in a fraction of the time.

Tackling the Titanic Kaggle Competition with Assisted Modeli...

I'll give a shoutout in the subsequent Tackling Competitions Post to the person with the best score in the previous post as an added incentive!

Visualizing Automated Feature Engineering

To make it easier to understand how a feature was generated automatically, Featuretools now has the ability to graph the lineage of a feature.

Assisted Modeling: The Power of Augmented Intelligence

Never made an analytical model, or don't have enough time to dedicate to learning statistics, data science, and programming... but you know the business and have questions to answ...

Alteryx Designer

Use Python, Alteryx, and OCR/AI to Extract Data From Images

It's tedious to capture and input data by hand. Instead, capture data in image form and extract the data from those images.

Python

Plot Twist: Using the Python Tool for Plotting

Want to bring the power of Python to your data visualization -- all within Designer? Learn how to use the Python Tool to create charts, graphs and plots.

Python

Ghost Hunting: Factor Analysis with Python and Alteryx

What if you believe something is happening in your data that isn’t precisely reflected by a single variable you measured -- maybe because it wasn’t or couldn’t be observed? Learn a...

Happiness is a Network of Friends

Quantifying the quantity and quality of treasured social ties might feel a little strange. But the strength of social relationships is important in the “Analytics of Happiness,” as...

Python

Python Tool Cheat Sheet and Resources

Now, at your fingertips, a one-page summary of key Python Tool functions! You’ll also find productivity-maximizing Jupyter Notebook keyboard shortcuts and some essential functions...