Occam's Razor

MARCH 23, 2010

Too many new things are happening too fast and those of us charged with measuring it have to change the wheels while the bicycle is moving at 30 miles per hour (and this bicycle will become a car before we know it – all while it keeps moving, ever faster). It has simply not had a break to catch a breath and mature. Likely not.

Analytics 118

Analytics Consulting Metrics Experimentation 118

Domino Data Lab

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Spoiler alert: a research field called curiosity-driven learning is emerging at the nexis of experimental cognitive psychology and industry use cases for machine learning, particularly in gaming AI. The ability to measure results (risk-reducing evidence). Of course, some questions in business cannot be answered with historical data.

Data Science 66

Data Science Experimentation Data-driven Machine Learning 66

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 13, 2012

Yehoshua Coren: Best ways to measure user behavior in a multi-touch, multi-device digital world. What's possible to measure. What's not possible to measure. We all have smart phones, laptops, tablets and soon Smart TVs – but most of our measurements are usually done in Cookies that are device/browser specific.

Modeling 124

Modeling Metrics Data Quality Data-driven 124

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

But each keyword gets "credit" for other metrics. Brian Krick: Best way to measure and communicate "available demand" from available channels (social, search, display) for forecast modeling. Additionally, it is exceptionally difficult to measure available demand because 1. Please see the advice above.

Analytics 94

Analytics Measurement Metrics Predictive Analytics 94

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

For a person such as myself who came from the traditional Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence worlds that was a non-trivial mental model transformation. Five different sources of data, that require you to have multiple tools to measure success. Competitive Intelligence : Compete, HitWise, Technorati etc.

Analytics 98

Analytics Experimentation Metrics Measurement 98

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 20, 2024

Another study used smartphone geolocation data to measure face-to-face interactions among workers at various Silicon Valley firms. As a means of control, budgets measure performance against planned targets, influencing employee behavior. Instead, companies should use metrics other than budget targets for rewards.

Management 111

Management Interactive Measurement Marketing 111

DataRobot

APRIL 29, 2021

Rob O’Neill is Head of Analytics for the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay, NHS Foundation Trust , where he leads teams focused on business intelligence, data science, and information management. Eric Weber is Head of Experimentation And Metrics for Yelp.

Machine Learning 59

Machine Learning Experimentation Data-driven Data Science 59