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New Thinking, Old Thinking and a Fairytale

Peter James Thomas

Of course it can be argued that you can use statistics (and Google Trends in particular) to prove anything [1] , but I found the above figures striking. Feel free to substitute Data Lake for Data Warehouse if you want a more modern vibe, sadly it won’t change the failure statistics. . [5]. – McKinsey 2009. . [6].

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Brand Measurement: Analytics & Metrics for Branding Campaigns

Occam's Razor

Ideally you'll measure the number prior to your branding campaign, say Feb 2009, and then you'll measure it again during your campaign, March 2009. The data in the above report shows how frequently during a time period do the website's visitors visit the website. I am using Compete for the above report.

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Fact-based Decision-making

Peter James Thomas

Integrity of statistical estimates based on Data. Having spent 18 years working in various parts of the Insurance industry, statistical estimates being part of the standard set of metrics is pretty familiar to me [7]. The thing with statistical estimates is that they are never a single figure but a range. million ± £0.5

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Credit Card Fraud Detection using XGBoost, SMOTE, and threshold moving

Domino Data Lab

Auxiliary techniques like relying on card holders to report fraudulent transactions have unfortunately proven to be ineffective [1]. In contrast, the decision tree classifies observations based on attribute splits learned from the statistical properties of the training data. It can be implemented as either unsupervised (e.g.

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Themes and Conferences per Pacoid, Episode 9

Domino Data Lab

That’s a risk in case, say, legislators – who don’t understand the nuances of machine learning – attempt to define a single meaning of the word interpret. Given how so much of IT gets driven by concerns about risks and costs, in practice auditability tops the list for many business stakeholders. Ergo, less interpretable.

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Misleading Statistics Examples – Discover The Potential For Misuse of Statistics & Data In The Digital Age

datapine

1) What Is A Misleading Statistic? 2) Are Statistics Reliable? 3) Misleading Statistics Examples In Real Life. 4) How Can Statistics Be Misleading. 5) How To Avoid & Identify The Misuse Of Statistics? If all this is true, what is the problem with statistics? What Is A Misleading Statistic?

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Data Science at The New York Times

Domino Data Lab

When he retired in 2009 he had some time on his hands. When I showed up I was reporting to the head of BI who reported to CTO who reported to CIO who reported to EVP of digital products who reported to CEO. At this point data is a function that reports directly to CEO. Please help us make sense of it.”