The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

by AMIR NAJMI & MUKUND SUNDARARAJAN Data science is about decision making under uncertainty. Some of that uncertainty is the result of statistical inference, i.e., using a finite sample of observations for estimation. But there are other kinds of uncertainty, at least as important, that are not statistical in nature.

Uncertainty 56

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Rocket-Powered Data Science

JULY 19, 2023

I recently saw an informal online survey that asked users which types of data (tabular, text, images, or “other”) are being used in their organization’s analytics applications. This was not a scientific or statistically robust survey, so the results are not necessarily reliable, but they are interesting and provocative.

Data-driven 188

Data-driven Enterprise Analytics Machine Learning 188

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Decision support systems definition A decision support system (DSS) is an interactive information system that analyzes large volumes of data for informing business decisions. A DSS leverages a combination of raw data, documents, personal knowledge, and/or business models to help users make decisions. Data-driven DSS.

Data mining 122

Data mining Data-driven Statistics OLAP 122

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

APRIL 23, 2024

If $Y$ at that point is (statistically and practically) significantly better than our current operating point, and that point is deemed acceptable, we update the system parameters to this better value. Crucially, it takes into account the uncertainty inherent in our experiments. Figure 5: Treatment effect vs parameter number 4.

Experimentation 52

Experimentation Optimization Uncertainty Metrics 52

Jen Stirrup

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Why do organizations get stuck with their data? Often, this problem can be due to the organization concentrating solely on technology and data. However, organizations can be supported by a synergistic approach by integrating systems thinking with the data strategy and technical perspective. It is such a fundamental question.

Data Science 145

Data Science Digital Transformation Data-driven Measurement 145

Peter James Thomas

AUGUST 12, 2018

These normally appear at the end of an article, but it seemed to make sense to start with them in this case: Recently I published Building Momentum – How to begin becoming a Data-driven Organisation. A number of factors can play into the accuracy of data capture. Honesty of Data that is captured. Timing issues with Data.

Metrics 49

Metrics Statistics Data Quality Measurement 49

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. It helps you to amplify what’s proven to work, throw away what isn’t, and tweak the goal-posts when data indicates that they may be in the wrong place.

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Metrics KPI Analytics Key Performance Indicator 156