Domino Data Lab

MAY 8, 2019

The lens of reductionism and an overemphasis on engineering becomes an Achilles heel for data science work. Instead, consider a “full stack” tracing from the point of data collection all the way out through inference. Finale Doshi-Velez, Been Kim (2017-02-28) ; see also the Domino blog article about TCAV. 2018-06-21).

Machine Learning 105

Machine Learning Data Science Modeling Visualization 105

Cloudera

JUNE 6, 2019

At the other end of the spectrum, the admin may instantiate a number of low-priority dev clusters – these clusters may often run at capacity, not require performance guarantees, but also provide more agility and flexibility for experimentation. Designing a proper network for VPCs extends beyond the scope of this blog post.

Metadata 85

Metadata Data Lake Optimization Strategy 85

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 12, 2016

You got me, I am ignoring all the data layer and custom stuff! But, at the end of the day presence of a Tag Manager communicates to me that the company is serious about data collection and data quality. What one critical metric will help you clearly measure performance for each strategy above? All that is great.

Analytics 141

Analytics Data-driven Strategy Consulting 141

Occam's Razor

OCTOBER 19, 2010

I was reflecting on that recently and thought it was incredible that in all my years of writing this blog I have never written a blog post, not one single one (!!), My goal is to give you a list of tools that I use in my everyday life as a practitioner (you'll see many of them implemented on this blog). Disclosure].

Analytics 135

Analytics Testing Measurement Optimization 135

Occam's Razor

MAY 27, 2015

A data-first strategy is a winning formula. This has to be bizarre coming from an author who's only minor claim to fame is data. Look at the right nav on this blog, two best selling books in 13 languages! It is being hyper-conservative when it comes to creativity and experimentation because of quant-issues.

Marketing Analytics 153

Marketing Analytics Marketing Analytics Advertising 153

datapine

JANUARY 31, 2022

It’s all about using data to get a clearer understanding of reality so that your company can make more strategically sound decisions (instead of relying only on gut instinct or corporate inertia). Ultimately, business intelligence and analytics are about much more than the technology used to gather and analyze data.

Business Intelligence 214

Business Intelligence Analytics Cost-Benefit ROI 214

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

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 7, 2014

Remember none of these jobs will do any data collection/IT work, even in medium-sized companies.) But if their primary output is just data, and not actions to take expressed in English or verbally in weekly senior staff meeting, then they are simply Reporting Squirrels. My second blog post covered what and why !

Data-driven 140

Data-driven Consulting Reporting Marketing 140