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Towards optimal experimentation in online systems

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

the weight given to Likes in our video recommendation algorithm) while $Y$ is a vector of outcome measures such as different metrics of user experience (e.g., Experiments, Parameters and Models At Youtube, the relationships between system parameters and metrics often seem simple — straight-line models sometimes fit our data well.

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Discussion: 2013 Wisdom of Crowds® Business Intelligence Market Study

Howard Dresner

Having just recently published our 2013 Wisdom of Crowds® Business Intelligence Market Study, the group attending one of my recent Friday #BIWisdom tweetchats on Twitter wanted more insights on several of the study’s findings. And financial metrics are a great starting place, especially for a public company.

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Rising Tide Rents and Robber Baron Rents

O'Reilly on Data

But in 2013 and 2014, it remained stuck at 83% , and while in the ten years since, it has reached 95% , it had become clear that the easy money that came from acquiring more users was ending. It’s unclear whether this was a lack of imagination or a kind of “ strategy tax.” The market was maturing. By the end of 2012, it was up to 82%.

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How Big Data Impacts The Finance And Banking Industries

Smart Data Collective

Financial institutions such as banks have to adhere to such a practice, especially when laying the foundation for back-test trading strategies. A 2013 survey conducted by the IBM’s Institute of Business Value and the University of Oxford showed that 71% of the financial service firms had already adopted analytics and big data.

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Six keys to achieving advanced container monitoring

IBM Big Data Hub

Containers have increased in popularity and adoption ever since the release of Docker in 2013, an open-source platform for building, deploying and managing containerized applications. Define monitoring KPIs A comprehensive container monitoring strategy requires setting KPIs at the onset to ensure they align with business goals.

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Using DataOps to Drive Agility and Business Value

DataKitchen

Chapin shared that even though GE had embraced agile practices since 2013, the company still struggled with massive amounts of legacy systems. One of the keys for our success was really focusing that effort on what our key business initiatives were and what sorts of metrics mattered most to our customers.

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Google Analytics Tips: 10 Data Analysis Strategies That Pay Off Big!

Occam's Razor

It will be the same in 2013. On top of the graph click on Select A Metric and choose Goal Conversion Rate. It has unique built in drill-downs, customized metrics that give you the ability to deeply analyze mobile data by devices, search behavior and content content consumption (click on each tab). Very handy. I hear you.

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