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“Buy vs build”, “not-invented-here syndrome” and even “invented-here-syndrome” have been written about extensively. I want to share a few reflections on the topic, based on my observations both as an engineering manager (where I had to decide whether to build or buy solutions) and more recently as a founder selling a platform to other companies.

This is a guest post by Dan Morris. The interactive dashboard and the code are also available.

What is Factor Analysis?

Introduction

I am thrilled to share a Domino project we’ve created with starter code in R and Python for participating in the Data Science Bowl.

The "small multiples" visualization technique was introduced by Edward Tufte, one of the current gurus of data visualization. In Envisioning Information, he wrote