The Big Data Panel at Case Western Reserve University Homecoming, 10/9/15Last week was Homecoming at my graduate school alma mater, Case Western Reserve University. The Weatherhead School of …
BI: Errors Wanted
If you’re not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late. -- Reid HoffmanI recently finished Bold by Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler. The book is part economic …
Abraham Lincoln, Data Analyst
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.Lincoln’s wisdom is easily applied to data analysis. Very little of working with data is actually running the …
The Unified Theory of Analysts
When looking for my first full-time job, I knew I wanted to be an “analyst.” But there were so many analyst titles – financial business, and systems, to name a few. How are they all alike and …
History, Statistics, and more interesting facts
Very informative piece here about the future of statistics in an age of data analytics. I had never considered the point that statistics and probability were disparate subjects until a couple of …
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Big Data at the Hospital
This Wall Street Journal story caught my attention because it is capturing many of the trends in my industry. The growth of data, cost control, and population health are all featured in this quest to …