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Hey all,
As we discussed, I am requesting that you take a few minutes and provide your evaluation. Your feedback is of course confidential. When I last checked the site, only half the students had completed it! I […]

Do recommendation systems such as Amazon’s always give the best results (click here)? – very nice article courtesy  Brandon Warech

Click here for answers to the sample questions.

Hi All,
A couple of announcements about the third test.

1. The test will be held on Monday, December 10 from 1:00 – 3:00pm in the regular classroom. The actual duration of the test may be less than 2 hours, […]

A bonus of 0.25 will be awarded for answering all questions on this blog related to the guest lecture.

What is your major? List examples of  how you can possibly use data driven decision making in your job?

A bonus of 0.25 pts will be awarded for answering all questions on this blog related to the guest lecture.

Give examples of data-driven decisions made by Wawa? Do you agree that scientific (data driven) […]

A bonus of 0.25 will be awarded for answering all questions on this blog related to the guest lecture.

Do you think that the guest lecture was useful? What were the three main things that you learned?

The URL for the online  student feedback is  http://esff.temple.edu

Provide the mathematical definitions of support, confidence and lift. Also explain the business logic behind each measure.

True or False (Explain your answer with proper reasoning)

An Association Rule with a high confidence will also have a high support.

Why are association rules useful? Give examples of business scenarios (other than ones we discussed in class)

Kartik Hosanagar

Associate Professor, IOMS

The Wharton School, Univ of Pennsylvania

December 7, 2012

Speakman Hall 200, 1000am – 1100am

Seminar Title :

Abstract

Personalization is […]

Steven Johnson

Assistant Professor, MIS

Fox School of Business, Temple Univ

November 30, 2012

Speakman Hall 200, 1000am – 1100am

Seminar Title : The strength of words online: Emergent […]

Here are some examples of visualization – we discussed some of these in class yesterday:

1. A world of tweets

2. Facebook connection map

3. Baby Name Voyager – check how popular your name was in […]

Why are within cluster distance (cohesion) and between cluster distance (separation) important in clustering?

How is Sum of Squared Errors (SSE) measured in case of clustering? What does it indicate?