Given a set of edits on Wikipedia articles, the task is to separate the ill-intentioned edits from the well-intentioned edits.…

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Data, metrics and analytics are a hot business topic these days. They’re “hot” because evidence shows that data helps make better decisions.

Data has led to operational efficiencies and cost reduction. “Talent data” is the obvious next focus. Data analysts have approached “talent data” by measuring traditional, easy to gather metrics like attrition, salaries, headcount, training and termination.

The challenge? It’s almost impossible to extract useful business intelligence from…

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Dr. Granville is the founder of  Analyticbridge, the leading social network for analytic professionals, with more than 30,000 members. He has created several patents related to web traffic quality scoring, and he is an invited speaker at leading international data mining conferences. Vincent has consulted with Visa, eBay, Wells Fargo, Microsoft, CNET, LowerMyBills,…

Many BI platform and analytics vendors talk about the ways in which their tools enable people to acquire insights by means of analytics. That sounds like a good thing, but what do they actually mean by insights and why are insights associated with such high business value? I’m curious to know what people think about this and whether there exist any established models for measurement of insights and/or their value. Some thoughts of my own are found below.

Assuming that…

Three hours after I gave my name and e-mail address to Michael Fertik, the CEO of Reputation.com, he called me back and read my Social Security number to me. "We had it a couple of hours ago," he said. "I was just too busy to call."

In the past few months, I have been told many more-interesting facts about myself than my Social Security number. I've gathered a bit of the vast amount of data that's being collected both online and off by companies in stealth — taken…

 Recently, my colleagues and I worked with a BioPharmaceutical  Manufacturing company to apply predictive analytics methods to solve a  critical product quality problem. We were looking for root cause(s) of this  complex problem.

 The company manufactures vaccines, under strict regulatory guidelines for  sterile manufacturing and packaging environments.

 The Problem: Specifically, in an important part of the process in which  they manufacture one of…

As members of the oil and gas industry convene in Houston today at the 2011 TIBCO Spotfire Energy Forum, we’d like to re-visit our post from last spring on the role of BI data for “deeper” insights:

How much does failure cost in your…

This USA Today article includes details on how statistical technology was used to unearth fraud cases.

MILFORD, Ohio — Scott Mueller seemed to have an uncanny sense about what his students should study to prepare for upcoming state skills tests.By Amanda Davidson, Cincinnati Enquiries.

Charles Seipelt Elementary School's gains and losses are typical of a pattern uncovered by a USA TODAY investigation of the…

* Teradata says deal will not add to rev in 2011

* Says deal to be dilutive to 2011 EPS

* Says to get $21 mln in cash from Aster balance sheet (Adds conference call details, industry context, share)

March 3 (Reuters) - Teradata Corp agreed to buy privately held analytics company Aster…

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