Why Predictive Modelers Should be Suspicious of Statistical Tests
Well, the danger is really not the statistical test per se, it the interpretation of the statistical test. Yesterday I…
Guest Blogger: Len Tashman Previews Fall 2012 Issue of Foresight
Editor Len Tashman's Preview of ForesightThe importance of Editor Len Tashman's Preview of ForesightThe importance of trust in the dissemination…
Analytics Overkill: Dashboards, Analysis and Big Data in the US Election
The presidential race was tight - or so we were told. What I found fascinating in the run-up to the…
Data Mining Book Review: Dance with Chance
If you ever worked on time series prediction (forecasting), you should read Dance with Chance. It is written by a…
Embracing and Communicating Uncertainty: Model Enabled Analysis and a Modeler’s Hippocratic Oath
By BobGourley By BobGourleyEditor’s Note: The piece below was written by Dan Bouk at AmericanScience and is reprinted here with…
The Data Discovery: Investing in Customer Insight
In many of our engagements with new clients, the old Donald Rumsfeld phrase of ‘We don’t know what we don’t…
SAP Goes Social
It's turning into a big news week for enterprise social network (ESN) software, first Yammer's 1st user conference, YamJam12, and…
Big Data For Big Weather
Courtesy of hint.fm/wind Courtesy of hint.fm/windThe east coast is slowly recovering from the devastating impact of hurricane Sandy and we…
IBM Cognos Insight Focuses on Discovery and Exploratory Analytics
IBM’s Information on Demand conference last week took over the fifth-largest conference venue in the country at the Mandalay Bay and…
Using Maturity Assessments to Improve Performance
The idea of devising and using maturity assessments to improve business performance has been a staple of management, functional and…
