Using Analytics to Handicap The Masters Golf Tournament
When Bubba Watson made par on the second hole of a sudden-death playoff to defeat Louis Oosthuizen of South Africa…
A Question of Scope
Don’t bite off more than you can chew because nobody looks attractive spitting it back out.- Carroll Bryant
SumTotal Systems Sums Up Human Capital Management
Businesses’ strategic imperative to optimize human capital is creating significant energy in the market for applications used to attract, optimize…
“Something is not Right!” – Don’t Ignore Your Gut When Analyzing Information
Ludwig Bemelmans' classic picture book Madeline has been enjoyed by generations of children - my own daughters included. The story…
Impressions of SAP HANA
I recently attended a day long, hands-on, academy session for SAP HANA at the SAP offices in Chicago and thought…
The STEM Profession that Women Dominate
Do you know which major STEM field boasts as many women in the profession as men? Where almost half the…
To Sample Or Not To Sample… Does It Even Matter?
So the question is…when do you sample and when do you not? And does it even matter anymore in the…
Why Defining the Target Variable in Predictive Analytics is Critical
Every data mining project begins with defining what problem will be solved. I won't describe the CRISP-DM process here, but…
Using Analytics to Create Rating Territories
One of the many areas of property and casualty risk analysis is the effective creation of rating territories based on…
Big Data: A Kick in the Business Intelligence Expert’s Habits
For some time the word Big Data appeared and is widely used by journalists, analysts, consultants and some software or…
