Books by the Preppin’ Data team

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For Carl’s second book he turned his attention to data visualisation.

Data is a fantastic raw resource for powering change in an organization, but all too often the people working in those organizations don’t have the necessary skills to communicate with data effectively. With this practical book, subject matter experts will learn ways to develop strong, persuasive points when presenting data to different groups in their organizations.

Author Carl Allchin shows anyone how to find data sources and develop data analytics, and teaches those with more data expertise how to visualize data to convey findings to key business leaders more effectively. Once both your business and data experts possess the skills to work with data and interpret its significance, you can deal with questions and challenges in departments across your organization.

  • Learn the fundamental data skills required to work with data

  • Use data visualization to influence change in your organization

  • Learn how to apply data techniques to effectively work with data end to end

  • Understand how to communicate data points clearly and persuasively

  • Appreciate why different stakeholders often have divergent needs and views

  • Create a playbook for using data with different departments

 

For self-service data preparation, Tableau Prep is relatively easy to use—as long as you know how to clean and organize your datasets. Carl Allchin, from The Information Lab in London, gets you up to speed on Tableau Prep through a series of practical lessons that include methods for preparing, cleaning, automating, organizing, and outputting your datasets.

Based on Allchin’s popular blog, Preppin’ Data, this practical guide takes you step-by-step through Tableau Prep’s fundamentals. Self-service data preparation reduces the time it takes to complete data projects and improves the quality of your analyses. Discover how Tableau Prep helps you access your data and turn it into valuable information.

  • Know what to look for when you prepare data

  • Learn which Tableau Prep functions to use when working with data fields

  • Analyze the shape and profile of your dataset

  • Output data for analysis and learn how Tableau Prep automates your workflow

  • Learn how to clean your dataset using Tableau Prep functions

  • Explore ways to use Tableau Prep techniques in real-world scenarios

  • Make your data available to others by managing and documenting the output

Carl’s third book looks to support organisational leaders tackle data projects.

An often untapped business skill is the ability to communicate about, and with, data. During challenging times, creating a data-informed culture can help you pivot quickly or prevent expensive missteps. Developing a data curious organization will take advantage of the burgeoning data resources available as a result of increasing digitalization.  

With this book, Carl Allchin and Sarah Nabelsi show today’s business professionals how to become data empowered. These tech-savvy business professionals will learn data literacy fundamentals—from understanding the possibilities to asking the right questions. You’ll discover how to make the right technology choices and avoid pitfalls that could put your career and company at risk.

  • Discover what an agile, empowered, data-informed organization should look like

  • Examine how to use data in new ways to help your business come to life

  • Learn key terms and concepts around data management and analytics

  • Understand the differences between spreadsheet analysis and a data analytics pipeline

  • Get advice for working with data scientists and explore ways to mitigate the IT department's concerns