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The Data Science in Transport community just got bigger

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A room of people watch a presentation. The two are demonstrating data manipulation by holding up a large paper ring

The 23rd of January 2020 marked the biggest Data Science in Transport community event to date. People from across academia, industry, and the public sector came together for a hack, conference, and networking event to learn from each other.

Improving your average: using R to beef up Average Time on Page

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Comparing the calculated median and the Google Analytics mean average

Google Analytics’s Average Time on Page can be a hugely important metric but also a very misleading one. As a mean average, it can be influenced by a skewed distribution, a problem that you can’t diagnose in the web interface. So I found a way to break down the data into individual visit lengths.