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Big Data Analytics: Reframing Political Campaigns

A lot of people talk about Big Data, but not may do…

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Big Data Blasphemy: Why Sample?

Since data mining began to take hold in the late nineties, “sampling”…

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Better than Brute Force: Big Data Analytics Tips

Long before I encountered the term “Big Data,” questions about dealing with…

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Analytics: What’s Passion Got to Do with It?

Long, long ago, in a land far, far away, there were frogs.…

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It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! No, It’s Just a Data Scientist.

What happens when you saddle one person with the work of three?…

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The Truth about Social Media Analytics

Social media analytics - you want the truth? It’s messy, it’s awkward,…

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Analytics BS: 3 Questions to Spot It

There’s a lot of junk analytics around. Some analyses look sophisticated, but…

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So You Want to be a Data Analyst

If you want to become a data analyst, you should read my…

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The CEO Wants Analytics! Now What?

The Big Guy just read the latest popular business book. Now he…

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Crossing the Language Chasm: Extracting Information from Foreign-Language Text

Just a few years ago, text analytics was unknown to most business…

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