Data Science - developing skills in government
...important to have the support of your line manager so discuss it with them and get in touch to find out how to apply. Our second intake has just graduated...
Data science
Getting started with data science
Data Science combines statistics, programming, machine learning, automatic processing of unstructured data (including text mining) and visualisation. This can seem bewildering - many people are asking where to get started if they want to learn. This blog gives free resources that …
4th Data Science Show & Tell – Part II
...such as RTextTools and RCurl, in just 13 lines of code, David was able to segregate the comments in to two groups: 1) those against and 2) those in favour...
4th Data Science Show & Tell
...as Which sport are you made for? and Care in the UK. John Walton and Ransome Mpini sharing their experience with digital journalism at the BBC It was a pleasure...
Using sentiment scoring and changepoint analysis to spot problems in services
This post describes how techniques like changepoint analysis and sentiment scoring can be used to identify potential problems in a service. Problems such as an unexpected surge in demand can catch a service out. When a service fails to deliver …
The 3rd Data Science Show & Tell
...as soon as they appear. For example, by monitoring the performance data from a racing car, GatherMiner can be used to identify, with ease, that one broken part from amongst...
Spotting bugs using statistical methods
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Government data scientists demo projects at GDS Show and Tell
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Improving customer insights: the merits of using LASSO
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