R and the Next Big Thing
I've been traveling for the past few days (for the R/Finance 2010 conference in Chicago), so I'd missed much of…
The Ascent of Ranking Algorithms
Algorithmic ranking is on the rise. Everywhere I turn, something or the other is being ranked analytically. Ranking web pages…
Analytics Can Answer: “Why Can’t … ?
Are you curious as I am about why these questions have not been solved? Why can’t traffic intersection stoplights…
First Look – Rogue Wave
Rogue Wave Software is a company I know through their acquisition of Visual Numerics (VNI) (first reviewed here). Owned by…
Lessons from Social Media Meet-Up, Part I – Measuring is Easy; Evaluation is Hard.
I had the pleasure of attending the Social Media Meet-Up this week. In general, it was a very informative day…
First Look – SAS In-Database Analytics
SAS has been rolling out its in-database and in-warehouse analytics over the last few months and I thought it was…
When the data point tells a different story
I grew up on a farm, surrounded by all “Old MacDonald’s” animals. What many farmers’ sons and daughters know is…
New Rexer Analytics survey
I recently got the survey results from the annual data mining survey that Karl Rexer or Rexer Analytics runs. You…
dataFUD: Manage your information resources
Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt in your data is a feature of organisations who are failing to effectively manage their…
What is Your Market Research Identity?
Is it time to slaughter your sacred research cows? The relative interest in the recent post about the census surprised…
