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Tech Tuesdays: Bob Ross and Data Science – A Statistical Analysis

Remember Bob Ross… the wonderful landscape painter on TV with an infectious smile whose deep, soothing voice guided many a viewer into the world of painting using easy-to-follow, quick, wet on wet oil painting techniques that make painting seem effortless…

zankNovember 24, 2020

Tech Tuesdays

Tech Tuesdays: The Controversy of Black Boxes

A "black-box system” refers to a predictive model that produces an output with no way for the operator or end-user to understand what was done “inside” the box. Black-box (or unexplainable) models are more and more commonly used these days,…

zankNovember 17, 2020

Tech Tuesdays

Tech Tuesdays: Here’s Why A.I. is the Talk of the Day

At Bennett Data Science, we’re seeing a lot more interest in A.I. lately. Especially since about June of this year. This week I’ll discuss why I think this is happening and how A.I. will be an even bigger differentiator to…

zankNovember 10, 2020

Tech Tuesdays

Tech Tuesdays: How to Save Money on Data Science Right Now

In today’s Tech Tuesday, I talk about ways to save money on data science and suggest three things you could do right now. I’m assuming the U.S. presidential election is likely garnering all of your attention. In light of that,…

zankNovember 3, 2020

Tech Tuesdays

Tech Tuesdays: Predicting the U.S. Presidential Election

Predictive models have been used for years to predict election outcomes well in advance. Looking back at what’s been done in the past, Allan Lichtman comes to mind as someone who stands out from the crowd. He developed a model…

zankOctober 27, 2020

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Tech Tuesdays – Please, Excel Isn’t a Database

Take a look at the title of this article by the Associated Press (link): “Britain’s missing 16,000 coronavirus cases thought linked to use of Excel spreadsheets for tracking”. And here’s why: "‘Glitch’ believed to be connected to ‘well-known’ file size…

zankOctober 20, 2020

Business Tech Tuesdays

Mentorship is not Optional

by: Zank, CEO of Bennett Data Science Mentorship is probably the single most important source of outside help I’ve ever received. I spent 10 years at a big consulting company and I worked for a wonderful man, Duane. He was…

zankNovember 5, 2019

Business Hiring

Building a Data Science Team? Here’s Your First Hire

by: Zank, CEO of Bennett Data Science Let’s say you want to start small, from one to four people, as you build out a data science team. This week, I'll talk about how I’ve done just that, many times over,…

zankOctober 8, 2019

Business Food for thought Tech Tuesdays

The Trouble with Star Ratings

by: Zank, CEO of Bennett Data Science Star ratings were created to indicate how much we like a product or service. They actually do a rather poor job of it. If a product gets a lot of five-star reviews, it…

zankSeptember 10, 2019

Business Startups

Successful AI for Early Stage Startups

by: Zank, CEO of Bennett Data Science The purpose of this document is to evaluate the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) to early stage startups that are not AI-specific. It will show how AI can provide the competitive advantage young…

zankApril 15, 2019

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