One Model Does Not Fit All: Part 2
This is the second of three in a series which began with One Model Does Not Fit All: Part 1 One Model Fits All A government agency invited me in to talk to the staff about some cool new items in the...
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This is the third of three in a series which began with One Model Does Not Fit All: Part 1 Don’t Hang Your Hat on a Dummy. A colleague spoke to me about a lawsuit related to employment discrimination....
View ArticleFrom the horse’s mouth
The New York Times report about Target’s pregnancy prediction model has made a splash in 2012, but Predictive Analytics World had it in 2010, presented by Target’s own Andrew Pole. His talk is much...
View ArticleBig Data Blasphemy: Why Sample?
New post on Smart Data Collective today, “Big Data Blasphemy: Why Sample?”
View ArticleResponses to Big Data Blasphemy
Here are a couple of interesting comments that have come up for my recent article on Smart Data Collective: “Big Data Blasphemy: Why Sample?” From Simon Geletta, Associate professor at Des Moines...
View ArticleBig Data Analytics: Reframing Political Campaigns
Planned Parenthood is using Big Data analytics to find its supporters throughout the country – and we’re seeing the results play out in current events. My new post on Smart data Collective: Big Data...
View ArticleThe STEM Profession that Women Dominate
Posted a new piece on Smart Data Collective earlier this week – “The STEM Profession that Women Dominate.” Hint – it’s a profession near and dear to my heart, and if you’re reading this – yours, too.
View ArticleUpcoming presentations
Social Media Analytics Summit, April 17-18, San Francisco Capitalize on Multi-lingual Social Media Analytics European Text Analytics Summit, April 23-24, London Cross-lingual Text Analytics: A New...
View ArticleData Science: Where the Boys Are
A friend and colleague asked me about my observation that although there are many women in analytics (see my article, “The STEM Profession that Women Dominate”), that the media and other sources paint...
View ArticleBig Data and the insurance industry
Lately I have seen an upswing in press releases and media mentions of predictive analytics in the insurance industry. This industry has been making use of predictive analytics since long before the...
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