Applied Data Science and
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Tips, tricks, and comments related to topics in data science and machine learning. Used to be called "data mining and predictive analytics" but updated the title to reflect the language of the day!
Hosted by Dean Abbott, Abbott Analytics

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

New Data Mining Book Out

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The new Nisbet, Elder, and Miner book is out now, and has been receiving good reviews on Amazon. A sampling of the 6 reviews so far (all 5 s...
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Monday, May 18, 2009

Is analytics a winner in a recession?

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Even in a recession, analytics can (and should) do well. I am often asked how the economy has effected me, and my quick answer is that ...
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Saturday, April 25, 2009

Taking Assumptions With A Grain Of Salt

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Occasionally, I come across descriptions of clustering or modeling techniques which include mention of "assumptions" being made by...
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Thursday, April 02, 2009

Why normalization matters with K-Means

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A question about K-means clustering in Clementine was posted here . I thought I knew the answer, but took the opportunity to prove it to mys...
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Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Graphing Considered Dangerous

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In my posting of Jun-25-2007, To Graph Or Not To Graph , I made the case (tentatively) that graphs weren't all they're cracked up to...
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Thursday, March 19, 2009

How many software packages are too much?

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I just saw a question at SmartDataCollective about how many data mining packages one needs. He writes, we found out that a particular clien...
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Monday, March 16, 2009

eMetrics Conference

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Early-bird pricing ends Friday for the May 4-7 eMetrics conference in San Jose. You get a 12% discount if you use the promo code ABBOTT12 (...

Predictive Analytics Webinar

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I'm participating in a free webinar  through The Modeling Agency tomorrow at 4pm EDT (1pm PDT) for anyone interested in listening in. To...
Sunday, March 08, 2009

Some Interesting Analyses

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I find it interesting to learn what other people are working on. To me, the applications can be as interesting as the technology- even if t...
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Saturday, March 07, 2009

Data Mining: Does It Get Any Better Than This?

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The article Doing the Math to Find the Good Jobs appeared in the Jan-26-2009 issue of The Wall Street Journal , listing the top 3 "bes...
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