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Unintentional data

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

Implicitly, there was a prior belief about some interesting causal mechanism or an underlying hypothesis motivating the collection of the data. As computing and storage have made data collection cheaper and easier, we now gather data without this underlying motivation.

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Why Easier Governance Is Superior Governance

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David Menninger, Research Director at Ventana Research, argues that traditional, restrictive governance costs organizations time, money, and valuable insights. Data is valuable for the insights concealed within. And with data collection and replication growing so quickly, governance is more important than ever.