Know what to expect from the process. All interviews exist to determine if you’re capable of doing the job that you’re applying to. As such, interviews for data science jobs are conducted to determine if you’re comfortable with both the technical skills required, such as writing Python code and using Git version control, as well as the…

Recently, I received an email from an aspiring data scientist asking a common question in data science. How do I know when to use which model? …

This is the sixth and final article in a series about how to take your data science projects to the next level by using a methodological approach similar to the scientific method coined the Data Science Method. This article is focused on the documentation step, which includes: Reviewing the modeling…

This is the fifth article in a series about how to take your data science projects to the next level by using a methodological approach similar to the scientific method coined the Data Science Method. This article is focused on the Modeling step, which includes: fitting the model, reviewing the…

In the previous article, we presented the Data Science Method (DSM) as a structured thinking approach to solving data science problems. Next, we will address the first and most important step, problem identification, in more detail. The additional DSM steps will be described in detail in future articles. The Data…

Resumes are important because they are how we present ourselves to the professional world. Getting your resume right is important for the same reason that wearing appropriate attire for an in-person interview is important. You must be able to effectively communicate your professionalism, maturity, and fit for the role before…

Predicting horse racing has always been a notoriously difficult task compared with human sporting events. With machine learning predicting many previously difficult things has been easily attainable. Can we predict the 2019 winner using only data from the 2018 Kentucky Derby? Like any data science project, the data quality is…

This is the fourth article in a series about how to take your data science projects to the next level by using a methodological approach similar to the scientific method coined the Data Science Method. This article is focused on the pre-processing of model development dataset and training data development…

This is the third article in a series about how to take your data science projects to the next level by using a methodological approach similar to the scientific method coined the Data Science Method. This article is focused on the number of step three Exploratory Data Analysis. …