Kieran Adair
As a Data School consultant, Kieran is fascinated by the nexus storytelling and analytics. With a background in journalism, economics, and social research, he has a unique insight into the way Tableau and Alteryx can help organisations explore and investigate their data.
His approach is informed by experience as a field research supervisor at EY Sweeney and broadcast editor at news intelligence agency iSentia. This is underpinned with training in economics and social policy research from UNSW Sydney.
In his spare time, you he enjoys perusing the record stores and delis of Melbourne.
Data Skills | Using The PPDAC Model To Guide Your Analysis
Recently I’ve been immersing myself in The Art Of Statistics by David Spiegelhalter – an excellent refresher on the principles of statistical analysis from the former head of the Royal Statistical Society. In the introduction, Spiegelhalter makes an interesting...
Data Skills | 34 Questions To Ask Your Client Before Starting Any Data Analytics Project
Before starting any analytics project, it is important to establish a clear understanding of a your client's requirements and the constraints you will face while building your solution. These should be well documented, agreed on by all stakeholders, and used to guide...
Alteryx Tip | Using Spatial Joins To Level Up Your Geographic Analysis
Spatial Match is a Alteryx tool with a lot of potential to enhance your analysis – especially when combined with custom spatial objects that aren’t typically present in most data sets.
Alteryx Tip | Start Learning Predictive Analytics With These 5 Challenges
Alteryx also has a number of challenges you can use to test their predictive tools without needing real world data. These are a great starting place for understanding their use, and how you can apply them to your work as an analyst.
Tableau Tip | How To Embed Spotify Tracks Into Your Tableau Dashboards
Music visualisation is something that combines two things I love: storytelling and music. By combining the interactivity of Tableau with the goldmine of data contained in the Spotify API, you can create whole new ways of interacting with and experiencing songs,...
SQL | The Only SQL Cheat Sheet You Will Ever Need
SQL is the most commonly used language for managing data in relational databases while it's importance is being is eclipsed by more user friendly tools like Tableau and Alteryx, it's still an important tool for those that work in data to understand. If you are new to...
Tableau Tip | How To Build A Racing Bar Chart With ANY Dataset
Racing Bar Charts are an engaging way of demonstrating and comparing data for different dimensions over time. If done right, they can tell incredibly compelling stories - like this one, which shows the rise and fall of different video game consoles from 1971 - 2020....
Alteryx Tip | Teach Yourself To Web Scrape Using These 12 Data School Tutorials
As the volume of data stored on the internet expands, so does the potential uses of web scraped data – from running sentiment analysis on comments sections, to scraping the pricing information of your competitors, web scraping is an essential tool in any good analysts arsenal.
Tableau Tip | How To Add A Hover Button To Your Dashboard
Hover Button’s are a great tool to have in your Tableau arsenal – something that allows you to expand the content and context of your dashboard without cluttering your user’s view. In this video tutorial, I’ll walk you through how to add a hover button to your #Tableau dashboards using tooltips and custom shapes. You’ll also learn where to find an array of different icon types.
Tableau Tip | How To Visualise Survey Data With A Diverging Likert Chart
The ‘Diverging Likert Chart’ differs from standard Likert graphs in that it splits responses cleanly by positive and negative responses types across all questions – allowing for easy analysis. If you’re going to be working with customer data, it’s a good one to know how to put together.