Dan Jarratt's guest appearances

Dan Jarratt

The Buzz

Tim McKay

Steve Huey

Justin Draeger

Jennielle Strother

Brock Tibert

Ken Anselment

Julie Marlatt

Andre Richburg

Eric Maguire

George Kirkland

Zain Khandwala

Aimee Rogstad Guidera

Ross Wolfson

Eric Shriner

Heath Einstein

OwlTail

In part two of Brad and Thom's conversation with Dan Jarratt, Data Scientist at Infinite Campus, we learn more about how secondary school learning management system data can be leveraged to create a drop out early warning system.  Dan walks us through the process they used to find a data signal in a dataset of 8 million students using machine learning and discusses what they learned about secondary school drop out.  But the technical details are only part of the story.  Dan explains how a commitment to understanding people and relationship building are the real key ingredient to the effectiveness of any data project. Oh, and how can data science help you optimize your cocktails?  Yeah, we went there too.    References:  Infinite Campus:  https://www.infinitecampus.com  Pygmalion Effect:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_effect  The 12 Bottle Bar: http://12bottlebar.com  Wikidata:  http://www.Wikidata.org     Music:   Artist: Kevin MacLeod, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/   Track: AcidJazz, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Jazz_Sampler/AcidJazz_1430   Used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) License, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/, No revisions made.

In part two of Brad and Thom's conversation with Dan Jarratt, Data Scientist at Infinite Campus, we learn more about how secondary school learning management system data can be leveraged to create a drop out early warning system.  Dan walks us through the process they used to find a data signal in a dataset of 8 million students using machine learning and discusses what they learned about secondary school drop out.  But the technical details are only part of the story.  Dan explains how a commitment to understanding people and relationship building are the real key ingredient to the effectiveness of any data project. Oh, and how can data science help you optimize your cocktails?  Yeah, we went there too.  References:  Infinite Campus:  <a href="https://www.infinitecampus.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.infinitecampus.com</a>  Pygmalion Effect:  <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_effect" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_effect</a>  The 12 Bottle Bar: <a href="http://12bottlebar.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://12bottlebar.com</a>  Wikidata:  <a href="http://www.wikidata.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.Wikidata.org</a> Music: Artist: Kevin MacLeod, <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/</a> Track: AcidJazz, <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Jazz_Sampler/AcidJazz_1430" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Jazz_Sampler/AcidJazz_1430</a> Used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) License, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/</a>, No revisions made.

Episode 23 - From Admissions Counselor to Data Scientist with Infinite Campus' Dan Jarratt, Part Two

Dan Jarratt, Data Scientist with Infinite Campus discusses how his background in admissions lead him on a journey to push the education space to ask better questions and collectively sharpen its skills to find better answers.  How can a commitment to data science help enrollment managers build better relationships with those they serve?  How could we create a Netflix-style recommender that would use big data to help prospective students discover more best-fit colleges to consider? In part one of our interview with Dan, we walk through how a data scientist orders the world and how serious problems can be solved using data science.   Beers:   Thom: Arrogant Brewing, Escondido, CA, www.arrogantbrewing.com, Arrogant Bastard Ale, https://untappd.com/b/arrogant-brewing-arrogant-bastard-ale/18099   Brad: HammerHeart Brewery, Lino Lakes. MN, Thor's Fury Smoked Hot Pepper Imperial Porter, https://untappd.com/b/hammerheart-brewing-company-thor-s-imperial-porter/402876   References:   Music Timeline Visualization:  https://research.google.com/bigpicture/music   Infinite Campus:  https://www.infinitecampus.com   College Navigator:  https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator   Hobsons CollegeView: http://www.collegeview.com/collegesearch/index.jsp   Movie Lens:  https://movielens.org   Music:   Artist: Kevin MacLeod, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/   Track: AcidJazz, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Jazz_Sampler/AcidJazz_1430   Used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) License, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/, No revisions made.

Dan Jarratt, Data Scientist with Infinite Campus discusses how his background in admissions lead him on a journey to push the education space to ask better questions and collectively sharpen its skills to find better answers.  How can a commitment to data science help enrollment managers build better relationships with those they serve?  How could we create a Netflix-style recommender that would use big data to help prospective students discover more best-fit colleges to consider? In part one of our interview with Dan, we walk through how a data scientist orders the world and how serious problems can be solved using data science. Beers: Thom: Arrogant Brewing, Escondido, CA, <a href="http://www.arrogantbrewing.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.arrogantbrewing.com</a>, Arrogant Bastard Ale, <a href="https://untappd.com/b/arrogant-brewing-arrogant-bastard-ale/18099" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://untappd.com/b/arrogant-brewing-arrogant-bastard-ale/18099</a> Brad: HammerHeart Brewery, Lino Lakes. MN, Thor's Fury Smoked Hot Pepper Imperial Porter, <a href="https://untappd.com/b/hammerheart-brewing-company-thor-s-imperial-porter/402876" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://untappd.com/b/hammerheart-brewing-company-thor-s-imperial-porter/402876</a> References: Music Timeline Visualization:  <a href="https://research.google.com/bigpicture/music" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://research.google.com/bigpicture/music</a> Infinite Campus:  <a href="https://www.infinitecampus.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.infinitecampus.com</a> College Navigator:  <a href="https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator</a> Hobsons CollegeView: <a href="http://www.collegeview.com/collegesearch/index.jsp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.collegeview.com/collegesearch/index.jsp</a> Movie Lens:  <a href="https://movielens.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://movielens.org</a> Music: Artist: Kevin MacLeod, <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/</a> Track: AcidJazz, <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Jazz_Sampler/AcidJazz_1430" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/Jazz_Sampler/AcidJazz_1430</a> Used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) License, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/</a>, No revisions made.

Episode 22 - From Admissions Counselor to Data Scientist with Infinite Campus' Dan Jarratt, Part One