In our final Tech Tuesday for the year, I want to wish you all a healthy and happy holiday. This year has been surreal at times and I hope you’ve all kept your health and good spirits as much as…
zankDecember 22, 2020
Remember test taking? Or maybe you’re still taking them. Did you ever cheat on one or have friends who did? There were so many “tricks”. Of course, cheating never pays off in the long run, but that doesn’t stop students…
zankDecember 15, 2020
Last week I spoke at the Transforming Data With Intelligence (TDWI) virtual conference. The topic was the reuse of analytics models - where an analytics model is designed once and reused for multiple purposes. When done right, the reuse of…
zankDecember 8, 2020
With everyone shopping like crazy during Black Friday and Cyber Monday, I figured it would be timely and relevant to discuss a simple way to personalize offers to customers at scale, using a simple recommendation technique: market basket analysis. I’ll…
zankDecember 1, 2020
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
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
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
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
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
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