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Big Data Joins The Fight Against Traumatic Brain Injuries

Smart Data Collective

The CDC reports that the incidents of admissions for these types of injuries rose around 54% between 2006 and 2014. Big data software is starting to reach neurosurgery departments in an effort to prevent brain injury complications during surgery and to better understand brain injuries.

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Our quest for robust time series forecasting at scale

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

First, the system may not be understood, and even if it was understood it may be extremely difficult to measure the relationships that are assumed to govern its behavior. They can arise from data collection errors or other unlikely-to-repeat causes such as an outage somewhere on the Internet.

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The Complete Digital Analytics Ecosystem: How To Win Big

Occam's Razor

Helpful post: You Are What You Measure, So Choose Your KPIs (Incentives) Wisely! ]. As we develop more sophistication to our measurement, they'll morph from being attributes of a Visitor to those of a Person. Checking data collection quality etc. Phase two is all about data reporting. Definition? happens here.

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What’s the Difference: Quantitative vs Qualitative Data

Alation

Companies collect and analyze vast amounts of data to make informed business decisions. From product development to customer satisfaction, nearly every aspect of a business uses data and analytics to measure success and define strategies. Some examples of quantitative data include: Counts or units, stored as raw numbers.

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Dear Avinash: Your Digital Marketing + Analytics Challenges Answered

Occam's Razor

I am having issues prioritizing 1) recommending fixing on site issues affecting real traffic levels versus 2) correcting significant configuration issues in Analytics measuring current site traffic. Even the worst analytics configuration in the world will most likely allow you to measure cart and checkout abandonment rate. Enjoy it.

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

datapine

Exclusive Bonus Content: Download Our Free Data Integrity Checklist. Get our free checklist on ensuring data collection and analysis integrity! Misleading statistics refers to the misuse of numerical data either intentionally or by error. In 2012, the global mean temperature was measured at 58.2 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Crushing It With Competitive Intelligence Analysis: Best Metrics, Reports

Occam's Razor

My first blog post on the topic of CIA was on 14th Aug 2006! Since then, as luck would have it, we have more tools, they are smarter, and have richer data-sets. How is competitive intelligence data collected? Competitive intelligence data will never match your site's analytics tool. CI data collection.

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