Information about Actuarial Softwares like Excel, SQL Python & R
Data has always played the role of the backbone in the insurance sector. Nowadays the rate of increase in data is greater than the population growth itself. Big companies and startups are looking forward to investing in data analytics. But human effort can’t compile the …
Many times, in programming, we need our programs to execute a particular part of code depending upon certain conditions. This is called conditional execution. The function is mostly performed using If, Ifelse and Elif in python.
The article focusses on using the skills you have gained so far or on learning new skills like Excel, Python, R, Data Visualisation and applying these skills to projects to become tomorrow’s Actuary.
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The one of the best GitHub repo we found on coronavirus is data from John Hopkins University CSSE. Use the provided link to set up your own analysis on COVID-19
Python is an open-source, high-level programming language created by Guido Van Rossum and first released in 1991. Python is rapidly becoming the go-to language due to its ease of writing and code readability. It is a case sensitive language. The below guide to Python is …
In every programming language there are many different variables are required to store data that you will be used within a program and those variables are assigned with a type and that variable has to assign that type of data only. In this article, we …
Contents of Introduction to R In this Introduction to R, we are going to introduct you to the below components. We are going to cover basic understanding of What is R, variables storing, calculations, filtering, importing data, and installing packages in R. What is R software? …
This article describes the formula syntax and usage of the REPLACE and REPLACEB function in Excel. Description REPLACE replaces part of a text string, based on the number of characters you specify, with a different text string. REPLACEB replaces part of a text string, based …
We recently wrote about Importance of Paste Special. In order to give you an idea, we are starting with a very basic paste special exercise but I bet if you will practice this exercise which is created by Aman Madaam there you can find things which …
This may sound a little uncomfortable but being a student Actuary you must be aware of atleast this most basic function and recruiter or employer expect you to know Paste special in Actuaries. It is used like 90% of the time to paste something and …
While they both revolve around data, there are certain lines drawn between these two. For instance, actuaries are found primarily in the insurance industry and risk management. On the other hand data scientist can be found in virtually any industry. If we have a comparative lookout of actuarial science and data science, prior is about the study of finance and related fields and activities and latter is about studying different data sets, their relationship and analysis.