Last time, we spoke about how critical thinking was an aspect of data science that was often over looked. In this post, we’re going to examine some of the fundamental building blocks of critical thinking: claims, explanations and inferences. Claims Firstly, claims. Claims are really just assertions: The crime rate has …

Hello there, my name’s Gary Short. If you’re a follower of Black Marble news, you’ll already know that I’ve recently joined the company as Head of Data Science, with the task of creating a flourishing Data Science Practice within the company. And that is all I plan to say about that. With the traditional “first post …