In my last post, I pointed out that an uninformed approach to running queries on top of data stored in Hadoop HDFS may lead to unexpected performance degradation for reporting and analysis. The key issue had to do with JOINs in which all the records in one data set needed
Helping students to reason statistically is challenging enough without also having to provide in-class software instruction. “Practical Data Analysis with JMP, Second Edition” walks students through the process of analysis with JMP at their own speed at home, allowing faculty to devote class time to crucial or subtle statistical concepts
Financial institutions are mired with large pools of historic data across multiple line of businesses and systems. However, much of the recent data is being produced externally and is isolated from the decision making and operational banking processes. The limitations of existing banking systems combined with inward-looking and confined data practices
