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Towards optimal experimentation in online systems

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

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. And we can keep repeating this approach, relying on intuition and luck. Why experiment with several parameters concurrently?

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Why Nonprofits Shouldn’t Use Statistics

Depict Data Studio

— Thank you to Ann Emery, Depict Data Studio, and her Simple Spreadsheets class for inviting us to talk to them about the use of statistics in nonprofit program evaluation! But then we realized that much of the time, statistics just don’t have much of a role in nonprofit work. Why Nonprofits Shouldn’t Use Statistics.

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AI poised to replace entry-level positions at large financial institutions

CIO Business Intelligence

Large banking firms are quietly testing AI tools under code names such as as Socrates that could one day make the need to hire thousands of college graduates at these firms obsolete, according to the report.

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Uncertainties: Statistical, Representational, Interventional

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

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. Among these, only statistical uncertainty has formal recognition. Figure 1: A video from fluff.ai

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Top 8 predictive analytics tools compared

CIO Business Intelligence

Predictive analytics tools blend artificial intelligence and business reporting. Composite AI mixes statistics and machine learning; industry-specific solutions. The Statistics package focuses on numerical explanations of what happened. A free plan allows experimentation. What are predictive analytics tools? Free tier.

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Bringing an AI Product to Market

O'Reilly on Data

Many companies face a problem that’s even worse: no one knows which levers contribute to the metrics that impact business outcomes, or which metrics are important to the company (such as those reported to Wall Street by publicly-traded companies). Without clarity in metrics, it’s impossible to do meaningful experimentation.

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How will quantum impact the biotech industry?

IBM Big Data Hub

As algorithm discovery and development matures and we expand our focus to real-world applications, commercial entities, too, are shifting from experimental proof-of-concepts toward utility-scale prototypes that will be integrated into their workflows.