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Does human intelligence have any connection to the type of music a person listens to? Can we define human intelligence? How do you measure human intelligence? Do SAT scores accurately measure human intelligence? Is there any evidence that SAT scores accurately predict educational or workplace performance?
I am skeptical 1) that we…
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Many organizations are reluctant to create data science teams (internally or externally) because of information confidentiality and privacy concerns. It is dangerous to open the kimono to competition - disclosing high-value information about inner workings of the firm may cause…
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United States President Barack Obama recently introduced DJ Patil as the new Chief Data Scientist of the United States Government. See video: Data Science: Where are We Going?…
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We all know models are always an illusion of reality - yet may or may not be useful. Data scientists should build both simple and complex models with reasonable and testable assumptions that capture what is…
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The current (November 2014) United States election reminds us that sophisticated data science techniques are employed on the public in attempt to influence opinion and persuade votes. The slick television advertising, debate prevarications, and policy position distortions and exaggerations have soured many citizens on the current state of modern democracy. Indeed, most feel we are not getting the straight scoop - the…
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While there is much hype and confusion around "data science" and the hot new professional "data scientist…
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A new paper entitled "Gaining Trust as well as Respect in Communicating Science Topics" published in the Proceedings of the…
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Data scientists are the lion kings of data pros while salaries for business intelligence and data warehousing pros are stagnating.
Actual data scientist salaries are much higher considering many garden…
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"Life imitates art far more than art imitates life." - Oscar Wilde
In Woody Allen's 1973 iconoclastic movie "Sleeper" a man (health food store owner) wakes up two hundred years in the future. For breakfast…
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Confirmation bias occurs when people actively search for and favor information or evidence that confirms their preconceptions or hypotheses while ignoring or slighting adverse or mitigating evidence. It is a type of cognitive bias (pattern of deviation in judgment that occurs in…
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Hadoop is an open source framework for storing massive amounts of data on clusters of commodity hardware.
Haboob is a dense dust storm that moves…
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Data and information silos are a significant problem for organizations getting full value from data. Data silos are separate databases or data files that are not part of an organization's…
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Smart organizations are using the power of data science and data produced by embedded sensors and machine devices to better measure performance, discover patterns, prevent problems, and improve…
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There has been much discussion and debate about the definition of data science and the new rare breed of sexy bird called the data scientist. The …
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High Performance Computing (HPC) plus data science allows public and private organizations get…
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Business analytics comes in three (3) general flavors: descriptive, predictive and prescriptive. See: …
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