Occam's Razor by Avinash Kaushik

Smarter Data Analysis of Google's https (not provided) change: 5 Steps

It is astonishingly common that we are asked to analyze the impossible. In perhaps a career-limiting move I'm going to try to do that today (and for a controversial topic to boot!).

In this post about an important Google change, I want you to focus less on the data and focus more on the methodology. And – so important – I want you to help me with your ideas of how we can do this impossible analysis better, in the complete absence of data :). So please share your ideas via comments and let's together make a smarter ecosystem.

On board? Let's go….

In an effort to make search…

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Data Analysis 101: Seven Simple Mistakes That Limit Your Salary

October 31, 2011 79 Comments

Data analysis is not easy. It takes years to get good at it, and once you get good at it you realize how much more there is to learn. That is part of the joy. You are always learning. You are always growing.

This blogpost is a collection of tips I share with my friends who are just starting out. Each tip is a "simple" mistake that is easily avoided. My hope is that you'll skip them if you are aware of them, and move on to making more important valuable mistakes. :)

My plan is to wrap each tip with additional observations, context that will be of value…

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