Ivy Dec 09, 2013 No Comments
Often it makes sense to learn the basics of the technologies in use before learning them formally. There are plenty of resources on the internet that give you an insight into how you could download for free and work on analytics tools to comprehend the ecosystem.
We begin with open source software projects.
Apache Hadoop
To learn Hadoop, you need to be familiar with the Linux based
Ivy Nov 17, 2013 No Comments
The rise in unstructured data is driving organizations to optimise large workloads of data to enhance greater accuracy and prediction. Core software platforms and programming models focused on Distributed File System (DFS) for near real-time BD processing are being developed. With these software ecosystems as the mainstay, established IT vendors are moving into the world of Big Data with offering
Ivy Nov 10, 2013 2 Comments
How can you estimate the population of fishes in a pond? (recently asked in an analytics job interview).
It’s a classic estimation problem. There is a popular sampling method called capture – recapture or ‘Lincoln Index’ or ‘Pieterson’s Method’ which is used to estimate the size of an animal or human population. There are two versions of this method; we’ll discuss the simpler version (for the m
Ivy Oct 28, 2013 No Comments
If you have a blog, host a website or are placed in charge of online marketing, you are probably familiar with the term web analytics or web metrics. Stats such as these must be pretty familiar to you.
puja Apr 29, 2013 No Comments
SAS programming as a career choice is becoming exhilarating day by day. SAS is the most powerful software used in all sectors dat
Eeshani Feb 13, 2013 No Comments
The lowdown :
An actuary is an expert who applies statistical and mathematical methods to assess financial and other risks relating to various contingent events such as mortality, sickness, injury, retirement and property loss from theft, accident, fire or any other hazard. An actuary uses data analysis for valuation of financial products in the fi
Ivy Oct 15, 2012 No Comments
Is the Indian outsourcing scene going through a paradigm shift in terms of adding value to their clients? Analytics niche companies and the analytics division of established outsourcing companies might just elevate Indian outsourcing companies from mere cost cutting vendors to full-fledged strategic business partners. The following Economic Times article talks just about this paradigm shift.
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puja Aug 30, 2012 No Comments
We all love the “hard” side of analytics. What we often struggle with as analysts is what you might call the “soft” side of analytics, which is always more challenging than the “hard” stuff. Here are a few of the reasons why.
Many times, the problem is not insufficient data, defective data, inadequate data models or even incompetent analysis. Often, the reason that better decisions
puja Aug 11, 2012 1 Comment
Dig for gold
Data mining is a hot new job, and it’s making number crunching sexy. Prasun Chaudhuri looks at wha
puja Aug 11, 2012 No Comments
Maths magic
CAREER IN MATHS ● Mathematics graduates are in great demand in a host of establishments,