Lyon Abido

Lyon Abido is an aspiring data analyst who is thrilled to leverage his background in teaching to develop as an effective data communicator. Wanting to rekindle his interest in his area of study during university (Government), Lyon looks forward to learning about the implications of data governance and how data analytics consulting plays into this growing topic of importance.

Deeply excited to learn and work with TIL+, Lyon is hoping that he will be able to apply his skills in supporting organizations centered on social services and Data for Good initiatives.

Apart from his passion for volunteering, Lyon is hopeful that he will have ample opportunities to support the Data School with teaching and training. He would love nothing more than to volunteer for "Thursday Trainings at 3" events.

When not working and learning, Lyon enjoys spending time with friends and family. He especially loves to hear all about the creative endeavors that his little sister gets up to.

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Thu 30 Nov 2023 | Lyon Abido
Strolling with SQL: Solving Preppin' Data Challenges (part 7)
In this blog, I’ll be working through the Preppin’ Data challenge called “Is it the teacher or the student? Part 2”. You can find it here
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Fri 24 Nov 2023 | Lyon Abido
Strolling with SQL: Solving Preppin' Data Challenges (part 6)
In this blog, I’ll be working through the Preppin’ Data challenge called “Is it the teacher or the student? Part 1”
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Fri 24 Nov 2023 | Lyon Abido
Strolling with SQL: Solving Preppin' Data Challenges (part 3)
In this blog, I’ll be working through the Preppin’ Data challenge called “Targets for DSB”. Check it out here! Like my other recent articles, I will be using SQL for this challenge
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Thu 23 Nov 2023 | Lyon Abido
Strolling with SQL: Solving Preppin' Data Challenges (part 5)
In this blog, I’ll be working through the Preppin’ Data challenge called Student Attendance vs Test Scores. You can find it here. This was a pleasantly straightforward challenge where, among other functions, I got to use the ROUND function
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Thu 23 Nov 2023 | Lyon Abido
Strolling with SQL: Solving Preppin' Data Challenges (part 4)
In this blog, I’ll be working through the Preppin’ Data challenge called New Customers. You can find it here
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Fri 17 Nov 2023 | Lyon Abido
Strolling with SQL: Solving Preppin' Data Challenges (part 2)
In this blog, I will be working through the Preppin’ Data challenge called The Data Source Bank. You can find it here. I’ll be using SQL! I highly recommend that you give the challenge a shot (whether with SQL, Tableau Prep or Alteryx)
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Fri 17 Nov 2023 | Lyon Abido
Strolling with SQL: Solving Preppin' Data Challenges (part 1)
In this blog, I’ll be working through the Preppin’ Data challenge called International Bank Account Numbers. You can find it here. However, instead of using Tableau Prep or Alteryx (or Excel), I'll be using SQL. You should definitely try it out
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Mon 20 Mar 2023 | Lyon Abido
Into Tableau!
Having created the Cake Works dataset and commenting on its capabilities in answering the company’s business questions, we are finally ready to jump into Tableau and see how the overview dashboard looks like
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Mon 30 Jan 2023 | Lyon Abido
Final Day of Dashboard Week! | Survivor
 For the last day of dashboard week, we had to create a dashboard using the data that was used for the DSNY 3 final application! That data was about the classic show Survivor, which I was not familiar with prior to this project
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Fri 27 Jan 2023 | Lyon Abido
Dashboard Week - Day 4 - Candy Survey Data
 For the fourth day of dashboard week, we had a real curveball thrown at us. We had to create a dashboard based on survey data about candy. Simple enough, right? Well, interestingly, that wasn’t the case at all
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Thu 26 Jan 2023 | Lyon Abido
Dashboard Week - Day 3 - Rick and Morty API
 For the third day of dashboard week we were tasked with creating a dashboard from data that was gathered from an API. This was a wonderful opportunity to revisit and further practice connecting to an API and pulling data from it
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Wed 25 Jan 2023 | Lyon Abido
Effective Data Communication
 For the second day of dashboard week, we took a step back and reflected holistically on our craft. Specifically, we explored what factors and considerations go into effective data communication. This subject is well within the scope of previous articles that I’ve written, such as here and here
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Tue 24 Jan 2023 | Lyon Abido
Making Accessible Dashboards
 For the start of the notorious Dashboard Week, we were tasked with creating an accessibility-focused dashboard. Half of the day was spent talking about what accessibility means in the context of design and how tools like screen readers interact with Tableau
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Wed 28 Dec 2022 | Lyon Abido
Into Mockaroo!
In this article, I will outline my process for creating the Cake Works Dataset, which I had mentioned in my previous article
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Wed 28 Dec 2022 | Lyon Abido
Cake Works: Using Data Analytics to Become Data-Driven
This article will be the start of a four-part series detailing a small hypothetical project involving a company that wants to use historical data to become data-driven and drive business growth
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Tue 20 Dec 2022 | Lyon Abido
Communicating with Charts
In this article, I want to talk through three different charts that convey the same information. The purpose of this is to reinforce the importance that charts are tools of communication
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Mon 31 Oct 2022 | Lyon Abido
Dots, dots, dots
In the past week, my fellow cohort and I have been hard at work reviewing and expanding our knowledge and proficiency of Tableau. Besides covering the fundamentals of the blues and greens, we explored several different chart types and their various use cases
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Thu 27 Oct 2022 | Lyon Abido
A simple Introduction to Alteryx: The importance of Data Cleaning and Understanding your Data
In this article, I want to convey how important it is that data be cleaned and how any kind of data cleaning comes first from understanding data. In tandem with this, I will be introducing how Alteryx can be used to perform common data cleaning tasks
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Wed 12 Oct 2022 | Lyon Abido
Ethics and Data
Data ethics centers on how institutions interact with data that is sensitive and whether data is being used in service or in harm to individuals, groups or other institutions
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