article thumbnail

Reclaiming the stories that algorithms tell

O'Reilly on Data

In 2001, just as the Lexile system was rolling out state-wide, a professor of education named Stephen Krashen took to the pages of the California School Library Journal to raise an alarm. Inevitably, patients with risk factors that are excluded from the model’s adjustments present a threat to each surgeon’s statistics.

Risk 360
article thumbnail

Speed up queries with the cost-based optimizer in Amazon Athena

AWS Big Data

Starting today, the Athena SQL engine uses a cost-based optimizer (CBO), a new feature that uses table and column statistics stored in the AWS Glue Data Catalog as part of the table’s metadata. By using these statistics, CBO improves query run plans and boosts the performance of queries run in Athena.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Data Discussion Lessons from Brad Pitt

Juice Analytics

From: Ocean's Eleven (2001) Now imagine yourself giving a pep talk to the next email, PowerPoint slide, or dashboard that you are about to send out. Messages must be clear and focused and eliminate the unnatural, mechanical chart headings and the unnecessarily complex statistical jargon. What’s the point?” Be honest. “I

Metrics 119
article thumbnail

A history of tech adaptation for today’s changing business needs

CIO Business Intelligence

The company has been on a continuous journey to adapt its internal and external processes to new business needs and opportunities since 2001.” “Digital transformation is not a new concept for Ipsos,” says global CIO Humair Mohammed. js and React.js.

article thumbnail

6 Spectacular Reasons You Must Master the Data Sciences in 2020

Smart Data Collective

Data Science is a field that extracts useful information from loads of structured and unstructured data using algorithms, statistics, and programming. The concept of data science was first introduced in 2001, but it started gaining popularity in 2010. Its primary focus is to use user-generated data to good use.

article thumbnail

19 organizations advancing women in tech

CIO Business Intelligence

Women in Technology International (WITI) was founded in 1989 as the International Network of Women in Technology and was later rebranded in 2001. Women in tech statistics: The hard truths of an uphill battle. Women in Technology International (WITI). Gender gapped: The state of gender diversity in IT.

Software 145
article thumbnail

Email Marketers Use Data Analytics for Optimal Customer Segmentation

Smart Data Collective

Transactional data includes first and final purchases, products, number of purchases, date, statistics, typical order value, commodity purchase history, and total spending by a consumer. Since its inception in 2001, Mailchimp has had more than two decades of expertise in email marketing for millions of subscribers.

Marketing 127