Monthly Archives: September 2011

Obama recruiting analysts and R is one preferred skill

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Yanchang Zhao

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 Yanchang Zhao

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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