Case Study: Creating Data Generator
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A custom tool built off of multiple python scripts was created for an in-house UX team to make it easier to create data-heavy prototypes.
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Machine Learning
Geometric Distances: A Crash Course
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In a previous blog post I introduced the concepts of standardization and normalization. A concept common to both of those techniques is distance. Simply put, distance is a mathematical summary of the differences between two objects. These objects can be data points or they can be full distributions. Distance measures fall into two categories:
Applying Standardization vs. Normalization: A Primer for UXers Interested in Machine Learning
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UX researchers who deal with quantitative data are familiar with standardization and normalization. The reasons we would apply them in quantitative UX research are similar to why we would apply them in machine learning.
- These methods help us control the influence of data points on the analysis such that one particular variable or a set of data points does not skew the results.
- They also don’t alter the shape of the data very much, which matters according to the questions we are trying to answer.
Packages
Creating Hashes in R with the Hash Package
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R does not provide a native hash table structure, which is unfortunate because if you need a fast and efficient way to retrieve information without worrying about element order, the hash table is a decent data structure choice. R users are not without options, though. The first option involves using an environment variable. 
Python
Case Study: Creating Data Generator
Published:
A custom tool built off of multiple python scripts was created for an in-house UX team to make it easier to create data-heavy prototypes.
R
Creating Hashes in R with the Hash Package
Published:
R does not provide a native hash table structure, which is unfortunate because if you need a fast and efficient way to retrieve information without worrying about element order, the hash table is a decent data structure choice. R users are not without options, though. The first option involves using an environment variable.
Statistics
Geometric Distances: A Crash Course
Published:
In a previous blog post I introduced the concepts of standardization and normalization. A concept common to both of those techniques is distance. Simply put, distance is a mathematical summary of the differences between two objects. These objects can be data points or they can be full distributions. Distance measures fall into two categories:
Applying Standardization vs. Normalization: A Primer for UXers Interested in Machine Learning
Published:
UX researchers who deal with quantitative data are familiar with standardization and normalization. The reasons we would apply them in quantitative UX research are similar to why we would apply them in machine learning.
- These methods help us control the influence of data points on the analysis such that one particular variable or a set of data points does not skew the results.
- They also don’t alter the shape of the data very much, which matters according to the questions we are trying to answer.
UX
Case Study: Creating Data Generator
Published:
A custom tool built off of multiple python scripts was created for an in-house UX team to make it easier to create data-heavy prototypes.
UX Research
Applying Standardization vs. Normalization: A Primer for UXers Interested in Machine Learning
Published:
UX researchers who deal with quantitative data are familiar with standardization and normalization. The reasons we would apply them in quantitative UX research are similar to why we would apply them in machine learning.
- These methods help us control the influence of data points on the analysis such that one particular variable or a set of data points does not skew the results.
- They also don’t alter the shape of the data very much, which matters according to the questions we are trying to answer.