Blake LawrenceinTowards Data ScienceTemp Tables vs Variable Tables — SQL Data PreparationA HUGE part of data science is data preparation, making sure that the numbers we use are valid, in the correct format and efficient to…Jul 20, 2018Jul 20, 2018
Blake LawrenceinTowards Data ScienceDecision Trees — PruningMy last blog focused on the concept of decision trees which form the basis of the Random Forest machine learning algorithm. As it was only…Jul 20, 20181Jul 20, 20181
Blake LawrenceinTowards Data ScienceRandom Forest — Mystery RevealedSelecting the ‘right’ machine learning algorithm for your application is one of the many challenges of appropriately applying machine…Apr 29, 20181Apr 29, 20181
Blake LawrenceinTowards Data ScienceWhat’s the point? Visual Data ReportingMany of you have likely experienced the same situation that I have encountered where you have received a report and thought “what am I…Nov 8, 2017Nov 8, 2017
Blake LawrenceinTowards Data ScienceMachine Learning — What it is and why it should interest you!Machine learning is the concept of using algorithms to identify patterns and / or make predictions based on an input data set. There are a…Nov 5, 20171Nov 5, 20171