Data-Driven Decision-Making Gets Real
To make evidence-based policy, takes more than information–it requires the ability to turn information into knowledge and to base decisions on it.
Posts Tagged: data science
Data Science for Everyone: 3 Things to Know
In the current data-driven landscape, business leaders across government need to be involved in using data. They need at least a working knowledge of the tools of data science and the ways data scientists generate their insights.
Bring AI to the Edge
Most people think modeling is the hardest part of artificial intelligence. But really, the most obstinate AI barrier isn’t code or sampling.
San Francisco Tackles Barriers to Data Science in State and Local Government
Accumulation of data is common for any organization — especially those in state and local governments. Learn how San Francisco tackles its data science.
The Data Scientist Skill Shortage in Government: Part II
There are data science graduate degree programs popping up all over the country, but relatively few that are focusing on the problems of the public sector.
Should You Be a Data Scientist?
Paradoxically, given the breadth of what “data science” means, the specific training and expertise is often very narrow. Students and young professional need to be well informed of the options and their personal strengths in programming, analytics, or subject matter expertise to apply the output of data science to their academic training.
Intelligence Analysis Methods in Scientific Literature
Intelligence analysis methods in scientific literature In a case study I recently completed I had the welcome opportunity to explore in more detail an interesting phenomenon in scientific publications: selective presentation of study results to scientific audience. The example below illustrates publication bias and multiple publication bias at its “best”. Whilst I do not underestimateRead… Read more »
Data Science Friday – What is Data Science?
There are many definitions of data science but this is how I derive a common definition: data science is the set of techniques, methods, and technologies that allow people to collect, refine, analyze, and visualize data so that knowledge is created. Many experts will say that this is a new field but, in my opinion,Read… Read more »
Introducing the New Data Science Group
“The amount of data in our world has been exploding, and analyzing large data sets—so-called big data—will become a key basis of competition, underpinning new waves of productivity growth, innovation, and consumer surplus, according to research by MGI and McKinsey’s Business Technology Office. Leaders in every sector will have to grapple with the implications ofRead… Read more »