Can you learn data mining in undergraduate or graduate school?
I was recently asked by a former student from one of my data mining courses if a particular program was…
Two Books of Interest
Recently, I have been reading two books which may be of interest to data miners, Statistical Rules of Thumb by…
When Distributions Go Bad
Recently I was working with an organization, building estimation models (rather than classification). They were interested in using linear regression,…
Random things…
I was just looking at my favorite economics blog, The Skeptical Optimist, and saw a post on randomness based on…
eMetrics Conference
Early-bird pricing ends Friday for the May 4-7 eMetrics conference in San Jose. You get a 12% discount if you…
“I propose a new definition of business intelligence … Wikipedia provides a simple layperson…”
“I propose a new definition of business intelligence … Wikipedia provides a simple layperson description of intelligence as “the capacities…
Glasshouse by Green Phosphor is a gateway which can take…
Glasshouse by Green Phosphor is a gateway which can take a database query or a spreadsheet and place a 3D representation of…
“Analytics are defined as the extensive use of data, statistical and quantitative analysis,…”
“Analytics are defined as the extensive use of data, statistical and quantitative analysis, explanatory and predictive modeling, and fact-based decision-making.…
Reminder: High-Performance Backtesting Webinar Tomorrow
A reminder that the online seminar High-Performance Backtesting with Vhayu and REvolution Computing takes place live tomorrow (March 19) at 11AM Eastern…
Predictive Analytics, an Historical Perspective: Interview with…
Predictive Analytics, an Historical Perspective: Interview with David Katz, Founder & President, David Katz Consulting (via Predictive Analytics::Get more from…
