Hi everyone,

I’m Nick and I will be doing a service based internship this summer. It is only eight weeks and begins on the week of the 17th, so I don’t know specifics on my job responsibilities yet. I will be a […]

Classification involves setting predefined labels to groups of data while clustering allows the software to group the data and have ex post labels applied. Classification is subjective while clustering is […]

Decision trees would be useful for routine tasks such as troubleshooting because they follow a predefined course. They can make a suggestion but it will be based on percentages and not absolute so human judgment […]

I don’t want to repeat what others have said so I only have a few more suggestions. I would consult facebook to use analytics to see where users are going when they leave Facebook. I would also consult them to see […]

After the first class I am able to see the distinction between data, which is raw facts, and information, which is data interpreted. I also recognize the difference between a transactional database, which stores […]

I would argue that data IS useless if it is not translated, or intended to be translated, into information. From reading the articles you have posted I get the idea that there is a huge amount of data being stored […]

My response to the first question is that data is more important to a company than information only because in order to have information, a company must first have data. Information is data with context. A company […]