Predictive Analytics World for Government, the premier analytics and AI conference for government, starts next week. Keynote speakers include David Williams, USPS Board of Governors, Tom Davenport, a world-renowned analytics thought leader, author, and industry expert, and Dr. John Elder, Chairman and Founder of Elder Research, author and analytics practitioner. Elder Research will teach three workshops at the conference, offering insight on Machine Learning Methods, Deadly Analytics...

Predictive Analytics World for Government, the premier analytics and AI conference for government, starts next week. Keynote speakers include David Williams, USPS Board of Governors, Tom Davenport, a world-renowned analytics thought leader, author, and industry expert, and Dr. John Elder, Chairman and Founder of Elder Research, author and analytics practitioner. Elder Research will teach three workshops at the conference, offering insight on Machine Learning Methods, Deadly Analytics Mistakes, and Data Science for Managers.

My job as a data scientist and research strategist is getting easier. Over the past 50 years, statisticians have developed a number of practical models that are highly effective to explain consumer patterns and predict consumer behavior. As new forms of computing power and information technology provide every increasing descriptions of individual-level purchasing tendencies, these models offer great value for business managers....

My job as a data scientist and research strategist is getting easier. Over the past 50 years, statisticians have developed a number of practical models that are highly effective to explain consumer patterns and predict consumer behavior. As new forms of computing power and information technology provide every increasing descriptions of individual-level purchasing tendencies, these models offer great value for business managers.

  I got my introduction to statistics via resampling, working with Julian Simon, an early resampling pioneer. Demonstrating this "brute force" computer method to my father, I saw that he was vaguely offended by its inelegance.

I got my introduction to statistics via resampling, working with Julian Simon, an early resampling pioneer. Demonstrating this "brute force" computer method to my father, I saw that he was vaguely offended by its inelegance.

In the midst of a recent engagement an executive suddenly asked, “Are we using Machine Learning?”. This caught us off-guard; working in the field for many years, we use the “learning sciences” virtually every day to solve hard problems. Machine Learning (ML), Data Science (DS) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are exciting and very powerful; still, we’re happy to use conventional techniques whenever they’re the best choice to solve the client’s challenge. ...

In the midst of a recent engagement an executive suddenly asked, “Are we using Machine Learning?”. This caught us off-guard; working in the field for many years, we use the “learning sciences” virtually every day to solve hard problems. Machine Learning (ML), Data Science (DS) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are exciting and very powerful; still, we’re happy to use conventional techniques whenever they’re the best choice to solve the client’s challenge. 

Recent research supported by the Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) (and other benefactors) collected multifaceted data sets from patients with Parkinson’s Disease. They wanted to determine which medical test, or combination of tests, best predicts Parkinson’s...

Recent research supported by the Michael J. Fox Foundation (MJFF) (and other benefactors) collected multifaceted data sets from patients with Parkinson’s Disease. They wanted to determine which medical test, or combination of tests, best predicts Parkinson’s disease.

In his Top 10 Data Mining Mistakes Dr. John Elder shares lessons learned from more than 20 years of data science consulting experience. Avoiding these mistakes are cornerstones to any successful analytics project. In this blog about Mistake #3 you will learn why it is very important to have the right project goal; that is, to aim at the right target; and even with the right project goal it is essential to also have an appropriate model goal....

In his Top 10 Data Mining Mistakes Dr. John Elder shares lessons learned from more than 20 years of data science consulting experience. Avoiding these mistakes are cornerstones to any successful analytics project. In this blog about Mistake #3 you will learn why it is very important to have the right project goal; that is, to aim at the right target; and even with the right project goal it is essential to also have an appropriate model goal.