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Humans-in-the-loop forecasting: integrating data science and business planning

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

With those stakes and the long forecast horizon, we do not rely on a single statistical model based on historical trends. Over the life of the forecast, the data scientist will publish historical accuracy metrics. But due to the long time lag between forecasts and actuals, these metrics alone are insufficient.

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5-Star Linked Open Elections Data 

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For these reasons, publishing the data related to elections is obligatory for all EU member states under Directive 2003/98/EC on the re-use of public sector information and the Bulgarian Central Elections Committee (CEC) has released a complete export of every election database since 2011.

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Create High-Impact Data Visualizations: Nine Effective Strategies

Occam's Razor

Oh, or your main traffic sources and the visitor acquisition metrics? Consider this, conversion rate could go up by a statistically significant percentage… While revenue actually goes down. Their Statistical Bulletin 2017 has a lovely collection of graphs and charts that we all use in some shape or form.