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Data Mining Guest Post: Steve Gittelman

Data Mining Guest Post: Steve Gittelman

Par Data Mining Research Data Mining Research Le 15-06-2013

Today’s guest post is from Steve Gittelman, PhD and President of Sample Solutions LLC. He describes how Facebook likes can be used for Health issues. A New Source of Local Health Data: Facebook Likes There is a cry for more local data on health, par... + Lire l'article

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Big Data only for Big Companies?

Big Data only for Big Companies?

Par Data Mining Research Data Mining Research Le 07-06-2013

I have started discussing this topic with some people at the Swiss Association for Analytics event in March. If you haven’t been living in a cave for the last few years, you are aware of the new buzz word in our field: Big Data. I’m not a big ... + Lire l'article

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Data Mining Book Review: The Signal and the Noise

Data Mining Book Review: The Signal and the Noise

Par Data Mining Research Data Mining Research Le 31-05-2013

Nate Silver is one of the most famous statistician, thanks to his blog FiveThirtyEight, among others. He correctly predicted detailed US elections in 2012. Nate recently wrote a book about prediction, very well summarized by the subtitle: why so many pre... + Lire l'article

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International Year of Statistics 2013

International Year of Statistics 2013

Par Data Mining Research Data Mining Research Le 24-05-2013

In 2013, we celebrate statistics! More than 1900 associations worldwide are part of this event centralized by the Statistics2013 organization. Of course, the Swiss Association for Analytics is promoting the event. More than 120 countries are participatin... + Lire l'article

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How To Gain A Competitive Advantage With Big Data

How To Gain A Competitive Advantage With Big Data

Par Data Mining Research Data Mining Research Le 14-05-2013

Today’s post is a guest post from Dorian Travers, Marketing Analyst. He discusses ways to get competitive advantage using meaningful data. I thank him for his contribution. How To Gain A Competitive Advantage With Big Data The chief objective for bo... + Lire l'article