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Data Mining and Analysis Aren’t Always the Answer

Data mining is an important tool whose benefits have been demonstrated in…

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Three Ways to Get Your Predictive Models Deployed

      We all know that given reasonable data, a good predictive modeler…

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Will Dwinnell: 6 Reasons You Hired the Wrong Data Miner

By Will Dwinnell By Will DwinnellAs is in any discipline, talent within data mining…

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Why Predictive Modelers Should be Suspicious of Statistical Tests

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

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Data Preparation: Know Your Records!

Data preparation in data mining and predictive analytics (dare I also say…

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Budgeting Time on a Modeling Project

Within the time allotted for any empirical modeling project, the analyst must…

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What do we call what we do?

I've called myself a data miner for about 15 years, and the…

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Choose Your Target Carefully

Every so often, an article or survey will appear stressing the importance…

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Predicting Crime

Applying inferential statistics to criminology is not new, but it appears that…

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Another Wisdom of Crowds Prediction Win at eMetrics / Predictive Analytics World

This past week at Predictive Analytics World / Toronto (PAW) has been…

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