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Building Data Team

Building Your Own Data Team vs. Managed Data Analytics

By now, almost every business leader recognizes the vital importance of becoming more data-driven....

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Automated Decision Making

Augmenting Teams with Automated Decision-Making

Modern data analytics platforms make extensive use of machine learning models, and they’ve...

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Top Five Exciting 2023 Data Analytics Trends

2023 is just around the corner, and with it comes a whole new set of data analytics trends. The...

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Create Your Unfair Advantage with Data

Driving Continuous Improvement with Data Continuous improvement is a concept that encourages...

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Importance of Data Governance in Marketing Agencies

When it comes to marketing, data is everything. It allows us to track the effectiveness of our...

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Data Literate Cultures

Building Effective Data-Literate Cultures

Data literacy is the ability to understand and work with data as a common source of information and...

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3 Ways to Extract Data out of FreeWheel's Strata Platform

FreeWheel's Strata platform is a great tool for media buying - particularly for TV and radio...

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Want to Build a Superstar Analytics Team? Hire These Roles.

Data’s importance in the business world has been growing for some time. But the pandemic pushed...

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Why It's Time to Move Your Data to the Cloud

Today’s businesses need to be scalable, agile, and responsive to remain competitive. Moving to the...

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PL 300 Exam Prep

How to Get Certified as a Power BI Data Analyst: Exam PL-300 Guide

Editor’s Note: This blog was originally published on Sep 29, 2021 and has been updated to reflect...

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Data science in music and entertainment

Data Science in the Music and Entertainment Industry

As an aspiring musician and data scientist, I have always wanted to see how the two worlds collide....

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Top 5 tips to ace the Tableau Desktop Specialist Exam

Top Five Tips to Ace the Tableau Desktop Specialist Exam

I recently took and passed the Tableau Desktop Specialist exam. In this blog post, I’ll walk...

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Jeff Plattner Tableau Dashboard Templates

Start Saving Time with this Tableau Dashboard Templates Workbook

A couple of weeks ago, I published a Tableau Public workbook called Tableau Dashboard Layout...

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How to Promote Ethics in Data Science and Analytics

Data science and analytics fall in an exciting intersection of math and science. The pattern...

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Data Science in Retail Part One

As technology has made data increasingly accessible, data science continues to transform and shape...

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Education in the Cloud- Why School Districts Should Make the Leap to a Cloud-Based Data Platform

5 Reasons Why School Districts Should Invest in the Cloud

IT infrastructure is often a top priority for school districts. There are many dependencies on web...

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data science for nonprofits

How Data Science is Being Used in Nonprofits

As technology has made data increasingly accessible, data science continues to transform and shape...

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Custom Containers

How To Make Custom Containers For Your Tableau Dashboard

Ever wonder how people make those awesome-looking Tableau dashboards with rounded edges and a drop...

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Consulting 4 highlights

Consulting at DataDrive | Four Highlights

Hi. My name is Jeff Plattner. I’m an Analytics Consultant with DataDrive in Minneapolis, MN. My...

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The Women DataDrive- Kaela Dickens

The Women of DataDrive- Kaela Dickens

Kaela is a double-threat within DataDrive, serving as an Analytics Consultant as well as our...

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A Basic Guide to Linear Regression Assumptions by Mahzabin Khan

A Basic Guide to Testing the Assumptions of Linear Regression in R

The very first step after building a linear regression model is to check whether your model meets...

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The Women of DataDrive - Kirsten Hoogenakker

Kirsten Hoogenakker Kirsten Hoogenakker is one of DataDrive’s latest and greatest Analytics...

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The Women of DataDrive - Mahzabin Khan

Mahzabin Khan Mahzabin has been with DataDrive as an Analytics Consultant for six months....

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The Women of Data Drive Bree Linville

The Women of DataDrive- Bree Linville

Bree Linville I love Legos. Growing up, I convinced my younger brothers to share a room so we could...

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Einstein Salesforce Analytics Consultant Certification

A Guide to the Salesforce Einstein Analytics Consultant Certification

*Updated Aug 11, 2021 Are you considering getting a Salesforce Certified Einstein Analytics (now...

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