O'Reilly on Data

MARCH 31, 2020

All you need to know for now is that machine learning uses statistical techniques to give computer systems the ability to “learn” by being trained on existing data. After training, the system can make predictions (or deliver other results) based on data it hasn’t seen before. Machine learning adds uncertainty.

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Sisense

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Data scientists usually build models for data-driven decisions asking challenging questions that only complex calculations can try to answer and creating new solutions where necessary. Programming and statistics are two fundamental technical skills for data analysts, as well as data wrangling and data visualization.

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Statistics Metrics Visualization Finance 97

AWS Big Data

MAY 16, 2023

In this first post of the series, we show you how data collected from smart sensors is used for building automated dashboards using QuickSight to help distribution network engineers manage, maintain and troubleshoot smart sensors and perform advanced analytics to support business decision making.

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datapine

JANUARY 6, 2022

Qualitative data, as it is widely open to interpretation, must be “coded” so as to facilitate the grouping and labeling of data into identifiable themes. Quantitative analysis refers to a set of processes by which numerical data is analyzed. It is the sum of the values divided by the number of values within the data set.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The name references the Greek letter sigma, which is a statistical symbol that represents a standard deviation. The process aims to bring data and statistics into the mesh to help objectively identify errors and defects that will impact quality. Six Sigma was trademarked by Motorola in 1993.

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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.

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IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 7, 2023

In an ideal scenario, they would be able to, with relative and consistent accuracy, predict performance of clinical trial sites that are at risk of not meeting their recruitment expectations. Ultimately, enabling real-time monitoring of site activities and enrollment progress could prompt timely mitigation actions ahead of time.

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Optimization Forecasting Data-driven Strategy 57

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2016

By PATRICK RILEY For a number of years, I led the data science team for Google Search logs. We were often asked to make sense of confusing results, measure new phenomena from logged behavior, validate analyses done by others, and interpret metrics of user behavior. On the flip side, you sometimes have a small volume of data.

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DataRobot Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Artificial intelligence (AI) can help improve the response rate on your coupon offers by letting you consider the unique characteristics and wide array of data collected online and offline of each customer and presenting them with the most attractive offers. How Can AI Target the Right Prospects with Sharper Personalization?

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Machine Learning Marketing Modeling Statistics 52

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2017

1]" Statistics, as a discipline, was largely developed in a small data world. Data was expensive to gather, and therefore decisions to collect data were generally well-considered. As computing and storage have made data collection cheaper and easier, we now gather data without this underlying motivation.

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IBM Big Data Hub

AUGUST 11, 2023

Machine learning (ML), a subset of artificial intelligence (AI), is an important piece of data-driven innovation. Machine learning engineers take massive datasets and use statistical methods to create algorithms that are trained to find patterns and uncover key insights in data mining projects.

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Data Science Machine Learning Cost-Benefit Deep Learning 55

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. . – back to the structure of the dataset. Let’s look through some antidotes. Ergo, less interpretable.

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Domino Data Lab

JUNE 23, 2019

Companies with successful ML projects are often companies that already have an experimental culture in place as well as analytics that enable them to learn from data. Ensure that product managers work on projects that matter to the business and/or are aligned to strategic company metrics. That’s another pattern.

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Jet Global

MAY 9, 2024

Monitoring can include tracking performance metrics such as execution time and resource usage, and logging errors or failures for troubleshooting and remediation. It also includes data validation and quality checks to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the data being processed.

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Domino Data Lab

MARCH 3, 2019

Then, when we received 11,400 responses, the next step became obvious to a duo of data scientists on the receiving end of that data collection. Over the past six months, Ben Lorica and I have conducted three surveys about “ABC” (AI, Big Data, Cloud) adoption in enterprise. What metrics are used to evaluate success?

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Jet Global

MAY 1, 2023

As a result, end users can better view shared metrics (backed by accurate data), which ultimately drives performance. CFO Priorities Manage expenses and cash flow Enable profitable growth Contain risk Plan for the future Connect the Dots Do the math. Let’s just give our customers access to the data.

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Occam's Razor

MARCH 23, 2010

Part of it is fueled by a vocal minority genuinely upset that 10 years on we are still not a statistically powered bunch doing complicated analysis that is shifting paradigms. Having two tools guarantees you are going to be data collection, data processing and data reconciliation organization. Neither do you.

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Domino Data Lab

JULY 22, 2019

He was saying this doesn’t belong just in statistics. He also really informed a lot of the early thinking about data visualization. It involved a lot of interesting work on something new that was data management. To some extent, academia still struggles a lot with how to stick data science into some sort of discipline.

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Andrew White

JANUARY 9, 2022

We found anecdotal data that suggested things such as a) CDO’s with a business, more than a technical, background tend to be more effective or successful, and b) CDOs most often came from a business background, and c) those that were successful had a good chance at becoming CEO or CEO or some other CXO (but not really CIO).

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