Ivy Dec 26, 2013 1 Comment
You have graduated and got yourself that sought after analytics qualification. You are now pitching for various analytics job openings. As a fresh student with no work experience, you are obviously wondering what happens when you walk in the door for an interview.
Well, to begin with most companies have some common interview questions that you ought to prepare well for.
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Ivy Dec 23, 2013 No Comments
Before you plunge headlong into analytics as your chosen career path, you need to know whether you are have the right skills for the fast developing analytics industry.
Once you are confident you have what it takes to be a data analyst or scientist, the next logical step is to
Ivy Dec 19, 2013 1 Comment
Looking for a career change or a specialized training that is guaranteed to result in a sizeable salary with plentiful benefits? Then Data science or Analytics is what you need to look at.
With more companies using voluminous data, the demand for data analysts or data scientists, who can
Ivy Dec 11, 2013 5 Comments
SAS Software suite
If you are planning to make your career in analytics or want enhance your CV then you need to get SAS certified. SAS is the software that forms the backbone of the analytics industry, and has today evolved as a tool for data analysis in a BI (Business Intelligence) environment.
The most comprehensive guide t
Ivy Dec 09, 2013 No Comments
Often it makes sense to learn the basics of the technologies in use before learning them formally. There are plenty of resources on the internet that give you an insight into how you could download for free and work on analytics tools to comprehend the ecosystem.
We begin with open source software projects.
Apache Hadoop
To learn Hadoop, you need to be familiar with the Linux based
Ivy Nov 17, 2013 No Comments
The rise in unstructured data is driving organizations to optimise large workloads of data to enhance greater accuracy and prediction. Core software platforms and programming models focused on Distributed File System (DFS) for near real-time BD processing are being developed. With these software ecosystems as the mainstay, established IT vendors are moving into the world of Big Data with offering
Ivy Nov 10, 2013 2 Comments
How can you estimate the population of fishes in a pond? (recently asked in an analytics job interview).
It’s a classic estimation problem. There is a popular sampling method called capture – recapture or ‘Lincoln Index’ or ‘Pieterson’s Method’ which is used to estimate the size of an animal or human population. There are two versions of this method; we’ll discuss the simpler version (for the m
Ivy Oct 28, 2013 No Comments
If you have a blog, host a website or are placed in charge of online marketing, you are probably familiar with the term web analytics or web metrics. Stats such as these must be pretty familiar to you.
puja Apr 29, 2013 No Comments
SAS programming as a career choice is becoming exhilarating day by day. SAS is the most powerful software used in all sectors dat
Eeshani Feb 13, 2013 No Comments
The lowdown :
An actuary is an expert who applies statistical and mathematical methods to assess financial and other risks relating to various contingent events such as mortality, sickness, injury, retirement and property loss from theft, accident, fire or any other hazard. An actuary uses data analysis for valuation of financial products in the fi