Lately, I have been trying to learn more about Data Science and Machine Learning. Following a coursera’s machine learning class and reading some books like, Data Science for Business and Mining the Social Web is very useful. However, you may want to get y[...]

I recently took a medium sized feature set with labels at work and ran it through some of the most popular machine learning platforms. The goal was to get a feel for each of them via the standard battery of regressions and evaluate each for use in further[...]

In most software domains you can safely stick with one or two languages and, because the tools you are using are fairly easy to replicate, you’ll find almost anything you might need to finish your project. This isn’t true in data science and data engineer[...]

The strange thing happens, Rattle is an awesome tool but not so well known for devs as it should be. We definitely need to fix this. Rattle (the R Analytical Tool To Learn Easily) presents statistical and visual summaries of data, transforms data into for[...]

This is a great demo of R Type Provider presented by Howard Mansell in September 2012. Look at this, if you missed it as I did. It is really exciting! F# Type Provider for R Statistical Platform from Howard Mansell Filed under: F# Tagged: F#, R, Type Prov[...]

I recently completed the Coursera Social Network Analysis class. This was my first time taking a Coursera class. In this post, I will describe my experience with Coursera generally, and review the Social Network Analysis class in particular. Along with se[...]

Did you know you can use F# type providers to access thousands of statistical packages from R, with auto-complete and documentation? Those of you into data analysis will be aware of the use of the R system by statisticians and other data workers. The F# c[...]