Occam's Razor

APRIL 8, 2013

To win in business you need to follow this process: Metrics > Hypothesis > Experiment > Act. We are far too enamored with data collection and reporting the standard metrics we love because others love them because someone else said they were nice so many years ago. That metric is tied to a KPI.

Metrics 156

Metrics KPI Analytics Key Performance Indicator 156

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Feel better? : ) When should you start doing paid search advertising for tours to Italy for 2011? These toolbars also collect limited information about the browsing behavior of the customers who use them, including the pages visited, the search terms used, perhaps even time spent on each page, and so forth. 3: ISP (Network) Data.

Metrics 123

Metrics Advertising Reporting Software 123

Domino Data Lab

MARCH 3, 2019

This month, the theme is not specifically about conference summaries; rather, it’s about a set of follow-up surveys from Strata Data attendees. We had big surprises at several turns and have subsequently published a series of reports. Let’s look through some of the insights gained from those reports. Who builds their models?

Data Science 49

Data Science Deep Learning Machine Learning Modeling 49

datapine

AUGUST 29, 2022

Whether you are a complete novice or a seasoned BI professional, you will find here some books on data analytics that will help you cultivate your understanding of this essential field. Before we delve deeper into the best books for data analytics, here are three big data insights to put their relevance and importance into perspective.

Big Data 263

Big Data Data Analytics Analytics Data mining 263

Smart Data Collective

JUNE 6, 2021

Big data analytics can be used for multiple purposes while offering a wide range of advantages in comparison to other methods of reporting, tracking and management. If your company revolves around the manufacturing of goods or services, for example, big data can aid you in the development of your products.

Big Data 132

Big Data Data Analytics Analytics Cost-Benefit 132

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2017

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. And for good reason!

Experimentation 61

Experimentation Testing Statistics Metrics 61