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…
Why Predictive Modelers Should be Suspicious of Statistical Tests
Well, the danger is really not the statistical test per se, it the interpretation of the statistical test. Yesterday I…
Guest Blogger: Len Tashman Previews Fall 2012 Issue of Foresight
Editor Len Tashman's Preview of ForesightThe importance of Editor Len Tashman's Preview of ForesightThe importance of trust in the dissemination…
Analytics Overkill: Dashboards, Analysis and Big Data in the US Election
The presidential race was tight - or so we were told. What I found fascinating in the run-up to the…
Data Mining Book Review: Dance with Chance
If you ever worked on time series prediction (forecasting), you should read Dance with Chance. It is written by a…
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 Bouk at AmericanScience and is reprinted here with…
Improving Data Integration the Old Fashioned Way
IT organizations have spent enormous sums of money over the past 10-15 years attacking productivity. They’ve acquiring data integration tools,…