O'Reilly on Data

JULY 28, 2020

It’s often difficult for businesses without a mature data or machine learning practice to define and agree on metrics. Fair warning: if the business lacks metrics, it probably also lacks discipline about data infrastructure, collection, governance, and much more.) Agreeing on metrics. Don’t expect agreement to come simply.

Marketing 362

Marketing Experimentation Metrics Testing 362

Occam's Razor

APRIL 8, 2013

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. This thought was in my mind as I was reading Lean Analytics a new book by my friend Alistair Croll and his collaborator Benjamin Yoskovitz.

Metrics 156

Metrics KPI Analytics Key Performance Indicator 156

Occam's Razor

JUNE 6, 2007

I am thrilled to say that my book Web Analytics: An Hour A Day has been published and is now widely available. It has been such an amazing journey to write the book, and for it to come up almost exactly a year after I started this blog. Damini, Chirag and now the book! :). Part One: The book (my side of the story, details).

Analytics 60

Analytics Metrics Marketing Dashboards 60

Domino Data Lab

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

In Paco Nathan ‘s latest column, he explores the role of curiosity in data science work as well as Rev 2 , an upcoming summit for data science leaders. Welcome back to our monthly series about data science. and dig into details about where science meets rhetoric in data science. Introduction.

Data Science 66

Data Science Experimentation Data-driven Machine Learning 66

Ontotext

MAY 18, 2020

Ever since Hippocrates founded his school of medicine in ancient Greece some 2,500 years ago, writes Hannah Fry in her book Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms , what has been fundamental to healthcare (as she calls it “the fight to keep us healthy”) was observation, experimentation and the analysis of data.

Knowledge Discovery 72

Knowledge Discovery Experimentation Data-driven Metadata 72

Domino Data Lab

MAY 8, 2019

For example, common practices for collecting data to build training datasets tend to throw away valuable information along the way. The lens of reductionism and an overemphasis on engineering becomes an Achilles heel for data science work. ML model interpretability and data visualization. St Paul’s from Madison London.

Machine Learning 105

Machine Learning Data Science Modeling Visualization 105

Occam's Razor

DECEMBER 12, 2016

There is, almost literally, an unlimited number of things you could focus on to create a high impact data-influenced organization. I was asked a few weeks back: " What companies should we proactively help with analytics, for free, so that they can make smarter data-influenced decisions ?" Data quality plays a role into this.

Analytics 141

Analytics Data-driven Strategy Consulting 141