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BTS Unboxing – 2019 Summer Package in Korea DVD and Photobook
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BTS Unboxing – ON 7″ vinyl
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BTS Unboxing – Europe Love Yourself World Tour DVD and Photobook
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Environmental Economics and Climate Change
The focal problem Dr. Joseph Stiglitz identifies in this 2011 posted video…
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Text Mining Sentiment Analysis – Intermountain West Cities
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Framework of Communication for Data Analytics Projects
Data analytics projects can provide value to organizations, however, without proper communication,…
Using Analytics in Business
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Text Mining for Local Governments
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Data Science Techniques – Ensemble Modeling
In addition to the standard techniques in data science, ensemble modeling is…
Starbucks’ Data Analytics Integration in Business Strategy
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Analytical Engineering Approaches
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What Are ROC Graphs?
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Naive Bayes and Bias in Data Science
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What Does Similarity Mean?
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Nearest Neighbor Analysis
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Avoid Overfitting Models
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Understanding Classification vs Regression Analysis
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Information Gain
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Cross Industry Standard Process for Data Mining (CRISP-DM)
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Finalization of “Paris Rule Book”
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Ethical Issues in Analytics
For me, the largest ethical issue that is most concerning is data…
Self-Service Analytic Tools
Data software that allows interactive and real-time exploration of data and visualizations…
Is Excel Still Useful?
Microsoft Excel has been used for multiple decades and has been a…
Value Management Strategies
Selling the value of analytics within an organization is a key to…
Evaluating Success of Analytics Projects vs IT projects
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Structured vs Unstructured Data
Structured data consists of formatted data fields that hold pieces of information…
Bad Data is Hazardous
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Sustainability and Data Analytics
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Caution Advised With Data – Watch for Nonlinearity
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Business Intelligence vs Data Analytics
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Correlation vs Causation Real-World Example
Occurrences of mistakenly tying correlation to causation are commonplace in society. Correlations…
Select Metrics Wisely
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Asking the Right Questions
When Dan Price, CEO of Gravity Payments, announced he was going to…
Data Projects – Start Large or Start Small?
Both large and small analytics projects have their place in organizations. The…
Are Data Scientists Jobs Targets for Automation?
While I think quite a few jobs and activities are optimal targets…
Analytics and Business Strategy
Analytic projects can come in various sizes, big or small, as well…
Wells Fargo Utilizing Data Analytics
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