If ever there is something that the world has woken up to, it is not that technology drives industry. Neither is it that learning in the 21st century is more than just reading and acquiring certificates. Rather it is that data is the new currency in the Information Age. As textsmiths, we must be always stay ahead of the crowd when it comes to data collection and its subsequent analysis.
Data Analysis Series
The Humble CSV: The Most Important Data Format You Already Know
Understanding the CSV file format is perhaps the most important thing that any textsmith can ever do: it is both a plain text document without much fanfare, and one that carries portable data in a way that proprietary formats do in spreadshees.
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What is Data Analysis, Really?
Data analysis is at the core of any industry pipeline these days. In my view, it is a dangerous existence when one lives without it. But now the fundamental question we have to ask is: “What is indeed data analysis anyway?”
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When CSV Stops Being Enough
While A CSV file is great for keeping records, one thing it cannot do is to show relationships. This is where the need for a database comes into the picture.
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Dirty Data: Why Cleaning Takes Longer Than Analysis
It is a universal truth that textsmiths work with data formats. Yet formats are attempts to impose structure on messy reality, but no format can decide what the right structure is for you. So in this article, we are going to look at what data cleaning is.
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