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I call BS on Goldman's stock-market call—commentary – CNBC.com

Webster’s defines neutral as “not supporting either side of an argument.” And, with the “chance of a temporary selloff” looming, then I guess Goldman is really just covering its bases.Read More Heads or tails? You still might be a stock pickerTo confuse investors even more, they said that “the near-term risk/reward profile for stocks was less attractive, even as they […]

I like big data…. – Your Software Has Bugs – Site Home – MSDN Blogs

While too often disappointed in Microsoft’s attempts at clever marketing, this however makes me happy. ; I suspect the boys over at Azure have gone rogue :-)I like ‪#‎BigData‬ and I cannot lie. You other developers can’t deny: http://po.st/nrpjjqOriginal here: https://www.facebook.com/microsoftazure/photos/a.416772776955.200155.259177211955/10152031132281956/?type=1 ;

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Big data, same statistical challenges – FlowingData

Tim Harford for Financial Times on big data and how the same problems for small data still apply:The multiple-comparisons problem arises when a researcher looks at many possible patterns. Consider a randomised trial in which vitamins are given to some primary schoolchildren and placebos are given to others. Do the vitamins work? That all depends on what we mean by […]