A new survey of 490 data professionals from small to large companies, conducted by AnalyticsWeek in partnership with Business Over Broadway, provides a look into the field of data science. Download the free Executive Summary of the report, Optimizing your Data Science Teams. Our world of Big Data requires that businesses, to outpace their competitors, optimize the […]
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Assess Your Data Science Expertise
What kind of a data scientist are you? Take the free Data Skills Scoring System Survey at http://pxl.me/awrds3 Companies rely on experts who can make sense of their data. Often referred to as data scientists, these people bring their specific skills to bear in helping extract insight from the data. These skills include such things as […]
Making Sense of Our Big Data World: Measurement Scales
As part of my series on Making Sense of Our Big Data World, today’s post is on measurement scales. See the overview, Making Sense of Our Big Data World: Statistics for the 99%, to understand the importance and value of understanding statistics and statistical thinking. We live in a world in which we are quantifying […]
Data Science Talent is Key to Analytical Innovators
Companies continually look for ways to outperform their competitors. One way they are trying to get ahead is through the application of analytics on their data. Researchers, for example, have found that top-performing businesses were twice as likely to use analytics to guide future strategies and guide day-to-day operations compared to their low-performing counterparts. Researchers from MIT […]
My Big Data Resolution for 2015
I generally like precision, and I strive for it in my writing and thinking. It certainly helps in communicating ideas., However, I have been pretty relaxed in how I use the term, Big Data. I’ve used the term to refer to the size of the data set (e.g., “We have Big Data.”). I have even used it to […]
The One Hidden Skill You Need to Unlock the Value of Your Data
An examination of data scientist skills reveals an often overlooked skill necessary to uncover insights from data: The Scientific Method Data scientists are a hot commodity in today’s data-abundant world. Business leaders are relying on data scientists to improve how they acquire data, determine its value, analyze it and build algorithms for the ultimate purpose of […]