Earlier this week, Google introduced a new tool, dubbed Fusion Tables, intended to bring the kind of cloud collaboration features to database sets that users now enjoy with Google Docs. It also adds ...

The table below shows my favorite go-to R packages for data import, wrangling, visualization and analysis — plus a few miscellaneous tasks tossed in. The package names in the table are clickable if ...

As data visualization increasingly becomes top-of-mind for data-driven organizations, it’s time to introduce the concept of data visualization competency. There is a need today to provide a framework ...

Data analysis isn’t just about assembling, ordering and interpreting data; it’s also about educating, simplifying, clarifying, and persuading. In the hands of skilled analysts, data can make a ...