Forget mba in data science: 10 Reasons Why You No Longer Need It
As the title suggests, my main goal in this blog is to talk about data related to my interests including business analytics, machine learning, statistics, and predictive modeling.
My first post was about how to use R and Python to analyze your own data, to learn more about the topics and to learn to use them in other programs. I had a little too much time on my hands in the process, so I decided I’d write about the same thing, but for different reasons.
I wanted to write a blog post about how I use R and Python to learn about data. What’s the point if I don’t know about it? I thought, well I can always read a book and get even more information from it, so I started reading some books about data and statistics and I became more and more intrigued by the notion of how data is used in business.
My R background comes from my former employer, which is a great place to learn about R. After I left, I needed to learn it again, so I started looking up some of my friends who had used R before and learning from them. I also started learning it from some of my classmates, and I found the R books by S. L. Shapiro that were available online.
I’ve always had a deep love for statistics. But for a while I had a problem with statistics as a whole. I felt like I had to make it up and I couldn’t really stick to any sort of “scientific process.” I didn’t know what a “statistic” meant. I just didn’t know what it meant to be a statistic.
There are a lot of things we can do to make up for this deficiency. At the very least, we can ask a bit of questions, try to think about what we might do in a statistical way, and get a little practice with the tools and concepts, rather than just blindly copying other people.
When I was in school, I remember being asked a question about statistics and then I answered by saying, “Well, it means that if I have 10 apples and I eat all of them, I will have 10 apples.” It made me realize that, while I was really good at saying things like that, I wasnt truly able to think of it as a statistic. I wasnt really able to say that I would have 10 apples.
I find that, when I first start thinking about the concepts around statistics, I can usually come up with some really cool, useful, or at least interesting examples. I cant always pull it off though, and i think this is one of the reasons why I still feel so lost when it comes to statistics. Most people who know me know that I have a certain love for statistics, but I always feel so lost when trying to apply it to anything.
Well, it’s not that I’m unable to apply it. I just have a hard time figuring out exactly what it is that I need when I do. I think the most important part of learning statistics is to be able to put it to use in your own work. Most statistics classes make you feel like you’re just going through the motions.
It doesn’t help that most statistics instructors are also the same way. But I think the reason I still feel like I have a hard time figuring things out is that I’m never really sure what to do when I do. The closest I came was when I was learning to drive. I was so lost on what to do when I sat in my car and started to drive as if I wasn’t even in the car.