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Looking to hire a unicorn?
http://www.3sheepanalytics.com/news/2016/11/12/how-to-hire-a-data-scientist

How to hire a data scientist So you've decided you want to hire a data scientist. What kind of considerations should you make when writing the job description? How can you find the best person for the type of work you want done? First we look at what the definition of what a data scientist is. Data scientists are generally expe...

Fun with Olympics statistics:
http://www.3sheepanalytics.com/news/2016/8/11/some-fun-olympic-stats

Some Fun Olympic Stats At the time of this writing, Michael Phelps just got his 22nd gold medal and New Zealand's Eric Murray and Hamish Bond got the 43rd New Zealand gold medal ever. In other words, if Phelps was a Kiwi, he would have more than half of the gold medals won by the country since the first Kiwis competed in…

Congratulations to Hamish Bond and Eric Murray for their gold in rowing, Luuka Jones for her silver in canoe slalom and the Kiwi cyclists for their Olympic record!
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/83090966/rio-olympics-2016-backtoback-mens-pair-gold-medals-for-hamish-bond-eric-murray

Back-to-back golds New Zealand has its first gold medal of Rio Olympics. And who else but the men's pair.

Beware of misleading graphs:
http://www.3sheepanalytics.com/news/2016/6/16/misleading-visualizations-cropping-axis-on-bar-graphs

Misleading Visualizations: Cropping Axis on Bar Graphs One of the most common problems in graphs is the use of a cropped axis in a bar graph. This can lead to a visually overstated difference between two numbers. In the graph on the left, which was automatically was created by Excel, Campaign B looks greatly more successful than the other campaigns in t...