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Data Analytics Made Easy

By : Andrea De Mauro
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Book Image

Data Analytics Made Easy

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By: Andrea De Mauro

Overview of this book

Data Analytics Made Easy is an accessible beginner’s guide for anyone working with data. The book interweaves four key elements: Data visualizations and storytelling – Tired of people not listening to you and ignoring your results? Don’t worry; chapters 7 and 8 show you how to enhance your presentations and engage with your managers and co-workers. Learn to create focused content with a well-structured story behind it to captivate your audience. Automating your data workflows – Improve your productivity by automating your data analysis. This book introduces you to the open-source platform, KNIME Analytics Platform. You’ll see how to use this no-code and free-to-use software to create a KNIME workflow of your data processes just by clicking and dragging components. Machine learning – Data Analytics Made Easy describes popular machine learning approaches in a simplified and visual way before implementing these machine learning models using KNIME. You’ll not only be able to understand data scientists’ machine learning models; you’ll be able to challenge them and build your own. Creating interactive dashboards – Follow the book’s simple methodology to create professional-looking dashboards using Microsoft Power BI, giving users the capability to slice and dice data and drill down into the results.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
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And now?
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Other Books You May Enjoy
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Index

Chapter 8

  • If you want to learn more about the cognitive psychology studies confirming the importance of narratives in storytelling, have a look at https://www.storypack.co/post/stanfordstorytelling-why-retention-is-higher-through-stories.
  • Swedish professor Hans Rosling has been a giant among data storytellers. Check one of his inspiring videos, like the TED Talk "The best stats you've ever seen", available at http://tiny.cc/beststats, and the BBC documentary "200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes", http://tiny.cc/200countries.
  • Two books I've found particularly useful on data storytelling are Dykes, Brent. Effective data storytelling: how to drive change with data, narrative and visuals. John Wiley & Sons, 2019 and, more focused on data visualization: Knaflic, C. N. Storytelling with data: A data visualization guide for business professionals. John Wiley & Sons, 2015.