Tom Gould

Tom, a graduate from the University of Bristol's MSc Economics with Data Science program where he received a distinction, joined the Data School to pursue his passion for uncovering patterns within complex datasets. With an eye for analysis, he thrived in exploring data to extract meaningful and valuable insights.

During his tenure at the Data School, Tom contributed his expertise to diverse projects spanning various industries such as wealth management, sports, and property finance. In these endeavours, Tom skillfuly used Tableau Prep to amalgamate disparate datasets, enabling the creation of a comprehensive logbook featuring up-to-date property valuations. This invaluable resource facilitated the identification of market trends. Furthermore, Tom employed his advanced visualisation skills to develop tailored financial strategies based on client data, establishing a robust framework for implementation.

Tom's proficiency extends beyond Tableau and Alteryx, having demonstrated competence in other areas such as writing SQL queries in Snowflake, performing data analysis using R and Stata, and interpreting app usage trends through Google Analytics.

Overall, Tom's extensive skill set and experience make him a valuable asset in the field of data analysis, allowing him to excel in delivering comprehensive solutions to complex problems.

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Wed 21 Aug 2024 | Tom Gould
Statsbomb Event data, JSON, GitHub & Alteryx
Leading football data provider Statsbomb periodically release free data to the public for football fans to dive in to and use for their own analysis and personal projects. Free data releases are often related to recent tournaments, for example 2024 AFCON or the 2023 Women's World Cup
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Fri 02 Aug 2024 | Tom Gould
Show only relevant values in Power BI
When building reports on Power BI we usually want to add slicers that allow the user to filter charts and unlock new insights or visualise emerging patterns or trends
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Wed 02 Aug 2023 | Tom Gould
How to Create a Pass map in Tableau
Pass maps are an informative and engaging way to visualise the performance of football players when it comes to passing the ball, and Tableau is a great tool for creating them. This blog will explain the process from preparing the data to final formatting ideas for finishing touches
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Fri 28 Jul 2023 | Tom Gould
Dashboard Week Day 5
The grand final Our training as part of the Data School concluded today with a morning session where we had to create a visualisation using data from the World Happiness Report! The data contained various quality of life metrics over time for every country that participated
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Thu 27 Jul 2023 | Tom Gould
Dashboard Week Day 4
Today's task was to create an explanatory dashboard using Eurovision data entirely in Power BI! I started by downloading the datasets and having a look through them to to get an idea of their contents as well as what sort of questions I could look to answer
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Wed 26 Jul 2023 | Tom Gould
Dashboard Week Day 3
Today's task centred around using the balldontlie API which contained extensive amounts of data on the NBA, as a fan of sports analytics I was excited! I decided to focus on Lebron James and his second spell at the Cleveland Cavaliers (2014-2018)
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Tue 25 Jul 2023 | Tom Gould
Dashboard Week Day 2
Today kicked off with downloading and unzipping several large datasets from the iMDB website containing information on every single title in their database
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Mon 24 Jul 2023 | Tom Gould
Accessibility in Tableau
To kick off Dashboard Week, we had a session this morning on accessibility and incorporating these ideas into Tableau so that the dashboards we create are more accessible
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Wed 05 Jul 2023 | Tom Gould
Using CTEs in Tableau
Common Table Expressions (CTEs) are used often when working with SQL databases. However, when connecting to a Microsoft SQL server in Tableau to access data CTEs are unusable when writing Custom SQL Queries
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Thu 29 Jun 2023 | Tom Gould
How I Understand LODs
LODs in Tableau can be very difficult to wrap your head around
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Wed 26 Apr 2023 | Tom Gould
Dividers in Tableau
Using dividers is a quick and simple way to add some extra breathing room to your dashboards, increasing their readability! This blog will guide you step-by-step on how to add dividers to any dashboard
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Fri 21 Apr 2023 | Tom Gould
The Select Tool in Alteryx
The Select Tool is used to select, rename and reorder columns, modify data types, and add column descriptions. This blog will outline some of the functions possible with the tool! 1. Simple Select Tool Select the fields from the inputted data that you want to see in the output
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Mon 17 Apr 2023 | Tom Gould
Logical Calculated Fields in Tableau
Today we learnt about all the possibilities when it comes to creating calculated fields in Tableau. This blog will focus on some of the options that fall under the "Logical" category of functions
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Thu 13 Apr 2023 | Tom Gould
How to make a Quadrant Chart
A quadrant chart is a scatterplot that is divided into four sections. They can be very useful in many scenarios, particularly when you want to divide your results into different categories based on a certain criteria
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Wed 12 Apr 2023 | Tom Gould
Filters in Tableau
Today it was time for our first foray into Tableau Desktop as DS 39! In an afternoon Tableau Time session led by Carl Allchin we were (formally) introduced into the working environment of Tableau
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Thu 06 Apr 2023 | Tom Gould
The Clean Step
As we have reached the last day of the week it was time for our first Friday (Thursday) Project! This weeks task was to prepare a 10 minute presentation on a Tableau prep tool in pairs, and my colleague and I were tasked with explaining the Clean step process
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Wed 05 Apr 2023 | Tom Gould
Preppin' Data Challenges!
Today it was time to dive into the world of Tableau Prep
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Tue 04 Apr 2023 | Tom Gould
Modern Analytics Architecture
After a day of opening up new laptops and installing software it was time to delve into the world of data on Day 2. The morning consisted of session focusing on Modern Analytics Architecture, which entails the backbone of how businesses set up their analytics processes
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