Simple Methods and Ensemble Forecasting of Elections
Two enduring principles of forecasting are that simple methods can work as well as fancy methods, and that combining (averaging)…
Big Data in the Music Industry: Richard Bowman
Welcome to this series of live blogs from the IJMR Research Methods Forum in London. Any errors, omissions, or silly…
You’ve Made Your ERP an Island – Now What? – Perhaps You Should Consider a PET
For companies that have implemented ERP, whether it be SAP, Oracle, Sage, Microsoft Dynamics or one of the lesser known…
In the Future, Will Software Be More Important than Hardware?
From talent wars going on in Silicon Valley for software engineers, to the hundreds of thousands of new smartphone applications…
Big Data + Intimate Stories = Big Impact
I’m not alone in feeling that the breathless excitement about “Big Data” is a bit much — just ask Stephen…
How Do We Know Which Research to Trust? Rachel Kennedy
Welcome to this series of live blogs from the IJMR Research Methods Forum in London. Any errors, omissions, or silly…
In case you missed it: October 2012 Roundup
In case you missed them, here are some articles from October of particular interest to R users. In case you…
The Strategy of Big Data
Facebook was once again front and center in the news as its number of worldwide users eclipsed one billion! When Facebook…
How Nate Silver Won the Election with Data Science
While I'm pleased with the outcome of yesterday's election in political terms, I'm equally thrilled about the victory for Data…
The Predictive Power of Nonsense
The 2012 US Presidential race comes to a close today (thankfully), and there is no shortage of wacky indicators predicting…