Season 3 finale - The Well-Grounded Data Analyst - with David Asboth
From Half Stack Data Science by Half Stack Data Science
February 17, 2025 · 50 min · Season 3 · Episode 11
About this episode
Shaun interviews David Asboth about his book, The Well-Grounded Data Analyst, discussing the data skill gap and the importance of real-world projects.
In this episode, Shaun interviews David about his new book, The Well-Grounded Data Analyst. We talk about the data skill gap between the classroom and the real world that made David want to write this book, the importance of tackling real-world projects for further learning, and the underlying methodology of the book that helps you learn to solve any data problem. If you listen to the end, we also tease our upcoming Season 4 of the podcast. Get your copy here: https://www.manning.com/books/the-well-grounded-data-analyst Read more about David's work here: https://davidasboth.com/
People in this episode
Guest: David Asboth
Topics covered
- data analysis
- data skills
- real-world projects
- data methodology
Keywords
- data skill gap
- learning
- data problems
Mentioned in this episode
Products: The Well-Grounded Data Analyst
Books & works: The Well-Grounded Data Analyst
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