The Virtues of Simplicity

UCC Data & Analytics Society

Mick Cooney

Wednesday, 3 March 2021

Introduction

Who Am I?


Former quant


Insurance


Specialty risks

Layout


The KISS Principle


Data Quality


Data Exploration

The KISS Principle

Keep It Simple, Stupid


“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.”

Data Quality

EVERYONE thinks they have good data

Rarely true…

Simple Test

Is it being used?

Visualisation and Exploration

Example of Data Exploration


http://kaybenleroll.github.io/data_workshops/ws_soupnuts_202101/exploring_retail_data.html

Summary

Thank You



https://github.com/kaybenleroll/data_workshops