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Excerpts from Range by David Epstein and financial modeling

Range: Why Generalists Triumph In A Specialized World by David Epstein came on my radar after listening to another podcast. Thought the premise was interesting in that people who “dabble” in various interests and hobbies end up excelling (no pun intended) in life and have a more rewarding career. I read a few excerpts that […]

Dear Analyst Episode 17: Excel introduces new feature XLOOKUP

New Excel feature alert! Probably one of the biggest announcements in a long time from the Excel world: a new function to supplant VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP. What is it you ask? The XLOOKUP function. Summary of XLOOKUP benefits I discuss some of the benefits, implications for new and existing users of Excel, and also some […]

Count the number of blank values in a range in Excel

If you want to count the number of cells with blank values in them, you may think it’s as simple as using the COUNTBLANK() formula. Usually you do this if you want to know how much data is missing in your data set. Say you have a list of 10 students, and if a student […]

Best practices for data analysts in the medical field

What are some best practices for data analyst working in the medical field? I review this blog post from the Tableau blog by Barry P. Chaiken, MD about the type of analytics used in the medical field, and the trust that must be garnered between the analyst and the physicians. An interesting aspect of doing […]