Analytics Dispatch 5/6/2019
Make your own data
COOL, CALM, & COLLECTED
4 Lessons to Keep Your Data Model Under Control
As data sources are added and complexity grows, the data model makes a big impact on the productivity and efficiency of anyone in the company that works with data. - Mode
FIRST WORDS
gpt-2-simple
This Python package allows you to easily retrain OpenAI's GPT-2 text-generating model on new texts, like Buzzfeed article titles. - Max Woolf
COPY AND PASTE
Javascript Statistics Snippets
Ever wanted to do something simple—like generate random values from a distribution—without importing a whole new library? This repo's got your back. - Nick Strayer
ICYMI
Real Scientists Make Their Own Data
“Your best chance to make a serious contribution as a business or academic researcher is to find, make, and combine novel data.”* - [Sean J. Taylor*](https://seanjtaylor.com/)
COME RAIN OR SHINE
A Weather Tech Startup Wants to Do Forecasts Based on Cell Phone Signals
Speaking of making your own data... ClimaCell is developing a new mathematical model that turns cell phone signals into weather data that's way more accurate than your local weatherperson. - MIT Technology Review