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Author Archives: The Statistical Company
Exploring the Challenges of Polling in Iraq
I love working in Market Research Analytics because you get to know so many topics, industries, markets. One of my clients is based in Iraq, one of the few market research agencies and it is called ThinkBank Iraq. We worked on various projects from general consumer surveys, transport industry, conglomerate producers and hopefully many more …
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Your competition isn’t other people, it’s you!
Data Stories: Leaders at Work is a weekly podcast that invited me to talk about my background and my passion for data science. I am discussing a few topics such as contrast dynamics between the work life agency vs. client-centered projects and how it is to get involved into growing a person from ‘stage zero’ to …
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Soft Skills for Statisticians
As a RSS volunteer and CStat mentor I talked about how statisticians can develop their soft skills as they progress through their career – and shared some tips around best practice. This was a session at the RSS Members’ Week 2020. If you would like to have a customised session with a deep dive into …
How Clean Is Your Takeaway? – 3rd Prize Poster Competition
After a long day of work, I wanted to just order some take away from one of the famous food delivery apps in UK. As a trained Level 2 Food Hygiene For Catering, I am determined to eat only from places with 4 or above when looking at scores on the door. To my disappointment …
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GDPR and Social Surveys – Impacts and Practise GDPR compliance data protection
In an era of “data is the new oil”, GDPR is vital. On the 14th January 2019, the Royal Statistical Society through its Social Statistics Section and Data Ethics Group of Interest hold a conference on GDPR in Social Surveys. A Reminder of the Research Code of Practise Principle from the Digital Economy Act 2017: The presentations of the speakers can be …
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Book of the month: December 2018
I saw Hannah Fry three months ago at the RSS Conference and I loved her storytelling of amazing algorithms (check last month’s book), but in the spirit of Christmas I would recommend you to read her other book “The Indisputable Existence of Santa Claus. The Mathematics of Christmas” written with the co-author Dr. Thomas Oleron Evans. If you …
Book of the month: November 2018
Two months ago, at the RSS Conference, I listen live to Hannah Fry . I was a great admirer of her long before then due to her amazing BBC documentaries of how Mathematics is surrounding us in real life, every day, everywhere. At the conference, Hannah was promoting her latest book “Hello World” in which she talks about …
Book Of The Month: October 2018
I love this book to bits. Missed going to the author’s training at the Royal Statistical Society, so I decided to buy his book instead called simply “Presenting Data: How to Communicate Your Message Effectively”. It is wonderful! Simple, but very focused on each point or principle. Well structured and with plenty of examples, by the …
Book Of The Month: September 2018
Many times I am asked how I am so good at data viz. The answer is always simple: I cherished and grew it over years. I love data viz: the charts are the pictures of analysis that tell a thousand words! One of the latest books in matter of data viz mixed with big data …