Two Talks on Data Science, Big Data and R
On Thursday next week (November 1), I'll be giving a new webinar on the topic of Big Data, Data Science…
Data Preparation: Know Your Records!
Data preparation in data mining and predictive analytics (dare I also say Data Science?) rightfully focuses on how the fields…
Text Analysis of 2012 Presidential Debates
Obama more certain and positive - Romney more negative and direct Obama more certain and positive - Romney more negative…
Interactive Analysis Tools Comparison: R Language, Matlab, esProc, SAS, SPSS, Excel, and SQL
The interactive analysis is a circular analytics procedure comprising assumption, verification, and calibration by the analyst to achieve the fuzzy…
Big Data Insights Through Predictive Analytics, Open Standards and Cloud Computing
Organizations increasingly recognize the value that predictive analytics and big data offer to their business. The complexity of development, integration,…
Forecasting: Evaluation Criteria
To continue our series on forecasting, let’s discuss one of the varying factors: the evaluation criteria. In classification, the percentage…
Sticking vs Backsliding – It Is So Sad
Have you ever been frustrated by witnessing a good decision be reversed and falling back to old ways of doing…
8 Reasons Why Embedded Business Intelligence Beats DIY
We all have THAT friend. You know the one. He never asks for help, refuses to concede when even his…
Big Data in Insurance – Is the Industry Ready to Take Advantage?
The need for information has created this disruptive nomenclature that has taken the world of data by storm. This revolutionary…
You Don’t Have to ‘Go Big’ to Get Started With Big Data
I wrote a blog for Harvard Business Review recently titled I wrote a blog for Harvard Business Review recently titled…
