Month: November 2012

How Nate Silver Won the Election with Data Science

While I'm pleased with the outcome of yesterday's election in political terms,…

DavidMSmith DavidMSmith 10 Min Read

The Predictive Power of Nonsense

The 2012 US Presidential race comes to a close today (thankfully), and…

mvgilliland mvgilliland 2 Min Read

Why Predictive Modelers Should be Suspicious of Statistical Tests

Well, the danger is really not the statistical test per se, it…

DeanAbbott DeanAbbott 7 Min Read

Guest Blogger: Len Tashman Previews Fall 2012 Issue of Foresight

Editor Len Tashman's Preview of ForesightThe importance of Editor Len Tashman's Preview…

mvgilliland mvgilliland 3 Min Read

Analytics Overkill: Dashboards, Analysis and Big Data in the US Election

The presidential race was tight - or so we were told. What…

Bernard Marr Bernard Marr 5 Min Read

Data Mining Book Review: Dance with Chance

If you ever worked on time series prediction (forecasting), you should read…

SandroSaitta SandroSaitta 3 Min Read

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…

BobGourley BobGourley 6 Min Read

Improving Data Integration the Old Fashioned Way

IT organizations have spent enormous sums of money over the past 10-15…

EvanLevy EvanLevy 6 Min Read

The Data Discovery: Investing in Customer Insight

In many of our engagements with new clients, the old Donald Rumsfeld…

RichardBoire RichardBoire 15 Min Read

SAP Goes Social

It's turning into a big news week for enterprise social network (ESN)…

mfauscette mfauscette 7 Min Read