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April 6, 2017
The Surprising Speed with Which We Become Polarized Online
Users isolate themselves in social media echo chambers, even when they start out looking at a variety of posts.
Alessandro Bessi, Fabiana Zollo, Michela Del Vicario, Michelangelo Puliga, Antonio Scala, Guido Caldarelli, Brian Uzzi and Walter Quattrociocchi
October 5, 2016
How to Use Data Visualization to Improve Your Business
Understanding how our minds read visualizations can help answer your organization’s most important questions.
Steven Franconeri and Joel K. Shapiro
September 13, 2016
Remaking Marketing Organizations for a Data-Driven World
A Q&A with United Airlines’ CMO on how to avoid becoming “an artifact of a prior era.”
Thomas O'Toole and Eric Leininger
June 20, 2016
How Open Data Is Changing Chicago
A Q&A with Chicago’s chief data officer about the power of big data.
Achal Bassamboo and Tom Schenk
March 11, 2016
Is Your Digital-Advertising Campaign Working?
If you are not running a randomized controlled experiment, you probably don’t know.
Brett Gordon, Florian Zettelmeyer, Neha Bhargava and Dan Chapsky
December 7, 2015
Blinded by Statistical Significance
Putting too much stock in an arbitrary threshold may lead to bad decisions.
Blakeley B. McShane and David Gal
December 7, 2015
How We Shop Differently on Our Phones
What’s in your cart? Depends on the device you are using.
Rebecca Jen-Hui Wang, Edward Malthouse and Lakshman Krishnamurthi
December 7, 2015
Tips for Building an Analytics Team
How to hire and keep data analytics superstars.
Eric T. Anderson, Dan Wagner, Leslie Hampel and Scott Jones
October 15, 2015
5 Ways to Attract and Retain Data Scientists
How directly contributing to the business can help analytics talent thrive.
Eric Leininger
July 6, 2015
Can Computers Make Us Better Thinkers?
IBM Watson creator David Ferrucci on the thought partnership at the heart of machine learning.
David Ferrucci and Brian Uzzi
July 6, 2015
Making Data Work Harder for You— Podcast Transcript
A strategic approach to data analytics starts with asking the right questions.
Florian Zettelmeyer and Eric T. Anderson
May 1, 2015
Collaborating to Save Lives
For an integrated healthcare organization, culture is the key to operational efficiency.
Leemore S. Dafny and William Ocasio
May 1, 2015
Data Visualization: More Than Pretty Pictures
Data visualization techniques are integral to memorable and persuasive messaging.
Steve Haroz, Robert Kosara and Steven Franconeri
May 1, 2015
The Ultimate Data Set
Computational social science aims to discover universal facts.
Brian Uzzi
May 1, 2015
A Leader's Guide to Data Analytics
A working knowledge of data science can help you lead with confidence.
Florian Zettelmeyer
February 2, 2015
Using Data to Call the Shots
Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey talks leadership, decision making, and crunching numbers in the NBA.
Daryl Morey
January 5, 2015
What Will It Take to Regulate the Stock Markets?
Better data and better cooperation are needed.
Torben Andersen
May 5, 2014
The Customers You Do Not Want
If these “harbingers of failure” love what you do, you are in trouble
Eric T. Anderson, Song Lin, Duncan I. Simester and Catherine E Tucker
June 4, 2012
The Specifics of Sleep
Using statistics to understand sleep better
Blakeley B. McShane, Allan Pack, Raymond J. Galante, Shane T. Jensen, Nirinjini Naidoo, Abraham J. Wyner and Michael Biber, Megan Ferber, Jia Hua Hu, John Zimmerman, Greg Maislin, Jacqui Cater, Paul Worley
January 1, 2010
Really, I Can Return It? Sold!
Optimizing your returns policy
Eric T. Anderson, Karsten Hansen and Duncan I. Simester
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