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How Analysts Leverage Creativity to Gain Powerful Insights from Alternative Data

Creativity is critical to producing superior results in any field, whether it’s the arts, sciences, or technology. The same can be said for alternative data analysis.  The most successful data scientists apply creativity by thinking out of the box when analyzing information to solve challenging problems or understand human behavior. From investment decisions to public policy and […]

7 Best Practices for Data Collection in 2023

Digital procedures play an important role in modern business, as they generate lots of valuable information that can be used to improve organizations and advance their goals. Thus, in 2023, website data collection will be a staple for most growing firms in various industries. However, as with any craft, there are bad, good, and better ways to collect website […]

A Beginner’s Guide to AI and Machine Learning in Web Scraping

With uses spanning personalized medicine to the creation of social media clickbait, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) is expected to transform industries from health care to manufacturing. Web scraping is no exception – and while its use is definitely not the answer to every data collection challenge, simple applications of AI/ML can enhance the process and increase […]

Web Scraping for Science and Policy

Back in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic was in its earliest, scariest stages, researchers found that localized search trends could predict outbreaks more accurately and quickly than other measures. User-generated inputs on the internet provided access to useful and actionable insights. All of the predictions had been garnered from Google Trends and similar search-engine-based tools. However, there […]

Is Machine Learning a Good Fit for Your Product?

Click to learn more about author Juras Juršėnas. Not all machine learning applications have been met with resounding success. In fact, there’s a lot of disappointment involved. From overly ambitious projects to the expectation of ever being a finished product, machine learning is marred with false hope. I think Andrey Kurenkov has done a stellar […]