Is Your Data Lifting You Up or Letting You Down?

Understanding and avoiding negative returns on data

Elliott Stam
Towards Data Science
12 min readMay 9, 2024

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Bad data? Photo by Giuseppe CUZZOCREA on Unsplash

When I reach for an apple I have high hopes: it’s going to be crunchy, sweet, and refreshing. A good apple can improve my mood and put a smile on my face. However, if I fail to notice the apple is rotting, that nasty apple is going to wipe the smile off my face and leave a bad taste in my mouth.

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Data scientist and author. Sometimes seen falling down mountains with a snowboard strapped to my feet.