Comment on "Why R is Bad for You"
There seems to be a lot confusion about the role of programming in relation to the Data Science platforms that research firms Gartner and Forrester… Read More »Comment on "Why R is Bad for You"
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Management Challenge: P-hacking or “The Danger of Alternative Facts”
Mark Twain famously said “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” Maybe if Mark Twain were alive today, he’d add “alternative… Read More »Management Challenge: P-hacking or “The Danger of Alternative Facts”
How Data Science Has Changed Everyday Life for the Better
Let’s be honest, today “big data” is sort of a dirty word in the public consciousness. It is associated closely with profit maximization techniques (such… Read More »How Data Science Has Changed Everyday Life for the Better
Power Up Your Predictions with Plug n' Play Predictive Analysis
To be successful in business, every organization must find a way to accurately forecast and predict the future of its market, and its internal operations,… Read More »Power Up Your Predictions with Plug n' Play Predictive Analysis
Overview of Artificial Intelligence and Role of Natural Language Processing in Big Data
Artificial Intelligence Overview AI refers to ‘Artificial Intelligence’ which means making machines capable of performing intelligent tasks like human beings. AI performs automated tasks using… Read More »Overview of Artificial Intelligence and Role of Natural Language Processing in Big Data
18 Timeless Data Science Articles
This is our second post of a new series featuring articles published long ago. We manually selected articles that were most popular or overlooked, time-insensitive… Read More »18 Timeless Data Science Articles
Introduction to A/B Testing
Every product team wants to know what makes their product thrive. They want to know how to optimize metrics and leave users the happiest and… Read More »Introduction to A/B Testing
IEEE Visual Analytics Science and Technology 2017 Challenges
We’ve had a number of Data Science Central participants in the past and I think this may be of interest to the readers. IEEE… Read More »IEEE Visual Analytics Science and Technology 2017 Challenges
Even a Poor Model Can Have a Lot of Value
Summary: This is a lesson in how it may be possible to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. 1.) A good ROC score does… Read More »Even a Poor Model Can Have a Lot of Value
Apply Machine Learning Techniques to Problems in Financial Market
Past literature show that the comparisons of classifier’s performance are specific to the types of datasets (e.g., Pharmaceutical industry data) used; i.e., some classifiers may… Read More »Apply Machine Learning Techniques to Problems in Financial Market