Big Data – Big Change or Big Hype?
In the Information part of Information Technology, Big Data is the Big Hit of 2011. It's also a wonderful phrase…
Analysts As Rock Stars? Don’t Be A One Hit Wonder!
What a change a few decades makes! When first starting my career as an analyst, I had no illusions about…
Big Data: Good or Evil?
An article in the New York Times stokes fears of Big Data: Social scientists are trying to mine the vast…
A New Breed of Analysts…
A few days ago, I wrote about the analyst function being dead, which spurred conversations about the emergence of a…
Big Data? Big Deal.
Recently, a new beast has begun to terrorize the market research industry. Big Data. Say it with a booming echoey…
Blasphemy? Quantitative Approaches Don’t Always Work Best
Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates hedge fund, Pure Alpha II, is up 25% in year that hasn’t been kind to competitors.…
Math Might Be Scary But It Isn’t New
In the good ol’ days, after the invention of numbers, we did everything by hand – by paper, pen, and…
The Analytics of Terrorism
I’m a big believer in analyzing data in order to make sensible decisions. On the tenth anniversary of 9/11,…
Text Analytics News Interviews
Twelve Social Media Tips for Analytics Professionals Text Analytics News just published an interview with myself and three analytics professionals…
“Average” Statistics that Bruise Our Ears
The term “on average” denotes the usual amount of something. However, using “average” in presentations, media and more can be…
