Researchers have determined the most-controversial Wikipedia articles and topics across 10 different languages, and the results might surprise you. Religion, politics and war? Of course. But professional wrestling? Read more »
The architectural building blocks for business intelligence and analytics are changing fast. Today, the diversity of choices just among cloud-based, self service BI tools has exploded making the decision-making process for… Read more »
A new study shows how factors such as where and when Redditors submit posts, as well as the language they use in their headlines, can have a significant effect on how… Read more »
Kaggle has reached an impressive milestone of 100,000 data scientists competing on its online platform. This is due, in part, to Kaggle helping lower the bar for getting started with data science. Read more »
How can you predict which tweets will get more views, and more viral retweets? A new study developed a statistical model to estimate the popularity of tweets. Read more »
A recent study found strong correlations between people’s Facebook likes and a number of personal characteristics such as sexual orientation and intelligence. But relying on correlations as proof of anything is… Read more »
The first week of the NCAA tournament is in, and the results would suggest that Nate Silver is yet again the man when it comes to predicting the things Americans care… Read more »
Many of us yell at the TV while watching our favorite sports teams. Many of us also want to get better at working with data. Statwing thinks it can help with… Read more »
As companies implement big data analytics strategies, they ought to consider some of the best practices in place before the rise of the term “big data.” Read more »
Google Flu Trends significantly overestimated the number of Americans afflicted with flu-like symptoms during the season’s peak a couple months ago, but assuring accuracy is a big part of the puzzle… Read more »