Monthly Archives: September 2011

Obama recruiting analysts and R is one preferred skill

Posted on September 27, 2011 by

Barack Obama is recruiting analysts for his 2012 re-election campaign. It is to analyze the campaign’s data to guide election strategy and develop quantitative, actionable insights that drive decision-making. R is mentioned as one of the tools to use. Analytics … Continue reading →

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Datasets to Practice Your Data Mining

Posted on September 16, 2011 by

There are many datasets available online for free for research use. Some of them are listed below. – The R Datasets Package: There are around 90 datasets available in the package. Most of them are small and easy to feed … Continue reading →

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