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DataPoint Allergies and Outliers

By Andy Leonard | 04/24/2018

Andy is suffering from seasonal allergies but the allergy meter says pollen is low. What gives? Outliers. That’s what. Here’s the bar chart to which Andy refers: Here’s a pollen heat map:

DataPoint Could One Character Emails Have Saved Toys R Us?

By Frank La Vigne | 04/23/2018

After attending the Global Azure Bootcamp with my son, I decided to drop in and see what bargains there were at the nearby Toys R Us. I have fond memories of going to Toys R Us when I was a kid. However, I’ve noticed a distinct decline in the store over the last few years.…

DataPoint Frank Talks to Brian Moran at Global Azure Bootcamp

By Frank La Vigne | 04/21/2018 |

In this DataPoint, Frank talk to Brian Moran about Global Azure Bootcamp, Databricks, AI, and life at Microsoft. As this is Mr. Moran’s third appearance, this makes him Data Driven’s first ever threepeat guest.

DataPoint Talking Data Science to Policy Folks

By Frank La Vigne | 04/12/2018

Recently, I delivered a presentation on “Data Science for the Curious” at the WeWork K Street location in Washington, DC. The goal was to help the largely non-technical audience of public policy professionals understand some of the core tenets of data science: its promises and its perils. In light of the recent Facebook revelations, this…

DataPoint Cognitive Biases and Predicting the Weather

By Frank La Vigne | 03/20/2018

Frank ponders weather prediction models, the confusion matrix, and cognitive biases.