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Over the past 30+ years, businesses have spent billions on talent assessments. Many of these are now being used to understand job candidates. Increasingly, businesses are asking how (or if) a predictive talent acquisition strategy can include the use of pre-hire assessments? As costs of failed new hires continue to rise, recruiters and hiring managers
In anticipation of his upcoming conference presentation at Predictive Analytics World for Healthcare New York, October 29 – Nov 2, 2017, we asked Feras Batarseh, Research Assistant Professor, George Mason University – George Washington University, a few questions...
Originally published in Medium Introduction Data products have always been an instrumental part of Airbnb’s service. However, we have long recognized that it’s costly to make data products. For example, personalized search ranking enables guests to more...
Wall Street and the New Data Paradigm In anticipation of his upcoming conference presentation, Wall Street and the New Data Paradigm at Predictive Analytics World for Financial in New York, Oct 29-Nov 2, 2017, we asked...
Originally published in The Washington Post LINCOLN, Neb. — The numbers of women in science and technology are dismal: Barely 18 percent of computer science degrees go to women. Women make up 11 percent of math faculty....
By: Sam Koslowsky, Harte Hanks
Data miners employ a variety of techniques to develop robust predictive models. Often, our analysts are confronted with a dilemma. Should we construct one model to address the business objective? Or perhaps, multiple models may be in...
This commentary first appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle. Originally published as the cover piece for the Insight commentary section in the Sunday San Francisco Chronicle, this op-ed by Eric Siegel points out that, although many believe...
In anticipation of his upcoming conference presentation, The Sprint for Teaching Data Science: LinkedIn Learning, Analytics and the New Era of Just-In-Time Skills Training at Predictive Analytics World for Business New York, Oct 29-Nov 2, 2017, we...
In anticipation of her upcoming conference presentation, Which Predictive Model Will Best Help Increase Retention? at Predictive Analytics World for Business New York, Oct 29-Nov 2, 2017, we asked Emilie Lavoie-Charland, Research & Innovation Analyst at The...
By Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
This author will present at Predictive Analytics World, Oct 29 – Nov 2 in New York. This article is excerpted from his book, Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are....
