Data Science & Analytics
Insights from the Girard School of Business and the School of Science and Engineering Population health signals a shift in healthcare strategy from passive reaction to more proactive medical services. This involves a great deal of data collection and analysis to be successful, which is why data science in population healthis so important. With the use […]
Insights from the Girard School of Business and the School of Science and Engineering Businesses today operate in a complex, global environment where rapid change and intense competition contribute to the number of risks that can sabotage success. For forward-thinking organizations, data science offers analytical tools that help assess and track risk factors and tackle […]
Insights from the Girard School of Business and the School of Science and Engineering Predictive and prescriptive analytics play a key part in how many organizations solve current challenges and determine future strategy. Both offer significant job opportunities for those who seek a degree in data science or business analytics. Many factors drive the need for analytics. Each […]
New technology is often at the forefront of the latest data science and analytics trends. But next year, that may not be so. The real challenge now is in finding ways to leverage current technology to improve operations and getting key personnel onboard with making the change. Continued job growth in the data science field […]
Data science and analytics have made a great impact on how companies do business, but the greatest influence may be in digital marketing. Data-driven decision-making has revolutionized the way we understand consumers, what motivates them, what makes them tick, and what they really want. It’s led to the ability to better segment customers into demographic […]
Data Scientists are often described in terms of hard skills such as math and statistics and the use of a numbers-based approach that requires every decision to be backed by data. But hard skills are only part of the picture of what a data scientist does, and the skills they need to achieve success. Unlike engineers in decades past, data […]
When it comes to holiday shopping, Americans continue to increase their spending. Since 2002, shoppers in the United States have spent more in the current year than in the last. The lone exception was 2008 – it took a recession to knock down holiday spending by 4.7%. However, it went up again in 2009 and […]
If you are interested in pursuing a graduate-level degree in data science or business analytics, it’s beneficial to be aware of emerging big data trends. For those working in data science and business analytics, demonstrate value is a key phrase to pay attention to. Almost all expert predictions for emerging trends in big data revolve around this […]
Big data already is having a significant impact in the healthcare industry on issues as disparate as patient satisfaction scores and improving time spent transferring patients from one area of a hospital to another. It eventually will lead to breakthroughs in aiding real-time patient diagnosis by medical professionals as well as more efficiency and effectiveness […]
Big data offers opportunities in all industries to make operations more efficient and effective. Those same benefits can be applied in public education at all levels. Massachusetts, as one of the country’s leaders in both technology and education, is expected to be among the forerunners for states using big data to improve classrooms. However, much […]