Click to learn more about author Steve Miller. Last week wasn’t a good one economically for the POTUS. February jobs numbers were much lower than anticipated; the balance of trade deficit ballooned to its highest level in a generation even as the president doubled down on purported deficit-busting tariffs; the budget deficit skied to record […]
Evidence, the POTUS, Pandas, and Seaborn
Click to learn more about author Steve Miller. In these highly-polarized political times, there seems no shortage of untruthful claims/boasts by the nation’s leaders. Alas, many citizens are highly credulous, blithely accepting the veracity of any statements from their tribes. At the same time, there are plenty of evidence-based skeptics who demand data before accepting […]
Ad Hoc Analysis: The Limits of Self-service BI
Click to learn more about author Matthew Gierc. Self-service BI. Ad hoc analysis. Exploratory data analysis. This is the holy grail that companies are looking for, right? At least that’s what the BI dashboard vendors are telling us. But do these tools really help organizations? In the short-term, yes. But the long-term effects of repeated Ad […]