https://blog.thetextsmith.com/tags/data-analysis/ Recent content in Data Analysis on Under the Anvil Hugo en-us Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:10:20 +0200 https://blog.thetextsmith.com/alternative-ways/dirty-data-why-cleaning-takes-longer-than-analysis/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 07:10:20 +0200 https://blog.thetextsmith.com/alternative-ways/dirty-data-why-cleaning-takes-longer-than-analysis/ It is a universal truth that textsmiths work with data formats. Yet formats are attempts to impose structure on messy reality, but no format can decide what the right structure is for you. So in this post, we are going to look at what data cleaning is. https://blog.thetextsmith.com/bookshelf/r-for-data-science-2nd-edition/ Sun, 16 Aug 2026 01:29:35 +0200 https://blog.thetextsmith.com/bookshelf/r-for-data-science-2nd-edition/ R is a dedicated statistical language. For any textsmith who wants to use R for data analysis, none appeals better than this fre text, R for Data Science https://blog.thetextsmith.com/alternative-ways/beyond-the-spreadsheet/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 03:11:10 +0200 https://blog.thetextsmith.com/alternative-ways/beyond-the-spreadsheet/ The spreadsheet is a wonderful interface. But it is not the only way to think about data. https://blog.thetextsmith.com/bookshelf/the-textsmith-bookshelf-data-science-at-the-command-line/ Sun, 02 Aug 2026 06:28:49 +0200 https://blog.thetextsmith.com/bookshelf/the-textsmith-bookshelf-data-science-at-the-command-line/ How a Unix terminal became a data analysis laboratory https://blog.thetextsmith.com/text-processing/awk-the-secret-arsenal-of-a-textsmith/ Fri, 24 Jul 2026 20:22:42 +0200 https://blog.thetextsmith.com/text-processing/awk-the-secret-arsenal-of-a-textsmith/ When everyone else sees a paragraph, AWK sees a database.