Shaida Shamuri

Shaida is originally from Singapore and has a background in Applied Mathematics having graduated from the National University of Singapore. While working in the public sector and law enforcement agencies in Singapore as an analyst, she developed a passion for data and decided to join the Data School-Sydney to learn and improve her technical skills from the best coaches in data analytics. She loves to eat chicken rice, a dish that she cannot live without.

Tableau – How to Create a Wordcloud

Tableau – How to Create a Wordcloud

Introduction A word cloud is a visual representation of text data where the size and prominence of each word are determined by its frequency or importance within the given text. It is a popular data visualization technique used to highlight the most common or...

Dashboard Week 3: No to Horse Racing

Dashboard Week 3: No to Horse Racing

Introduction For the third edition of Dashboard Week, we were tasked to build a dashboard related to horse racing. The dataset has details of the race, title of the race and position of the horse during the race from 1990 to 2020. The data can be found here. After...

Dashboard Week 2: Fire Watch in Indonesia

Dashboard Week 2: Fire Watch in Indonesia

Introduction For the second edition of the Dashboard Week, I explored the datasets related to fires detected in Indonesia. The dataset is obtained from MODIS. You can find the link to the data here. I extracted other datasets on weather from 1991 to 2021 in Jakarta...

Alteryx – Holtwinters Forecasting with R

Alteryx – Holtwinters Forecasting with R

Alteryx makes it easy for analysts to perform time series forecasting using the R tool. In this blog, I will be running the Holt-Winters forecasting, also known as the Holt-Winters method or triple exponential smoothing using R in Alteryx. Holt-Winters is a popular...

Alteryx – Creating an App for Spatial Data

Alteryx – Creating an App for Spatial Data

The application of spatial tools in Alteryx could help you to find the nearest place or point of interest to a given location. For example, it helps users to find the closest gas station, restaurant, hospital, or any other point of interest based on their current...

Extracting Data Using API in Alteryx

Extracting Data Using API in Alteryx

Data extraction is a crucial aspect of data analysts' work as it enables us to gather relevant information from various sources. APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) helps with data extraction by providing standardized methods for retrieving data from external...