Data Analyst vs. Data Scientist: What’s the Difference?
If you’ve ever gone through a job search in the data/analytics world, you’ve probably seen these two job titles (and slight variations on them) quite a bit: Data Analyst and Data Scientist. But what exactly is the difference between these two roles? The short answer is it depends. In reality, these job titles are quiteContinue reading “Data Analyst vs. Data Scientist: What’s the Difference?”
Sports Analytics Reading List
This list was compiled through a combination of my own experience and recommendations from other members of the sports analytics community. I’ve broken the list into two sections: “Where to start?” This section contains my personal essential sports analytics reads. These are books I’d recommend regardless of your skill level or sport interest. “Where toContinue reading “Sports Analytics Reading List”
Free Sports Data Sources
One of the first steps in any analytics project is acquiring the right dataset. While much of the more advanced data (e.g. player tracking data) remains inaccessible to the public, there’s still a significant amount of free data only a few clicks or a couple of lines of code away. Two weeks ago, I publishedContinue reading “Free Sports Data Sources”
Brendan Kent 