According to a new press release, “Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS), the leading data research platform and business intelligence tool for corporate, academic and government institutions worldwide, is pleased to announce the addition of S&P Global Transcripts to its data offerings. A part of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, WRDS provides global […]
Detailing Data Assets with Proper Citation: A Professional Responsibility
Click to learn more about author Michael D. Shaw. We need to update Mark Twain’s distinction between figures that do not lie and liars who figure. We need the following addendum: Data may or may not be dispositive, but every piece of data (and all of our metadata) must have a citation. We need this […]
Using Data to Make Better Decisions
Click to learn more about author Carie Lemack. Data is neither an end unto itself nor the end of anything in particular. It is instead the end of the beginning of a process, whose ultimate end is to improve decision-making and enable leaders to make the right decisions. To do these things requires perspective, so you […]
In-Depth Interview: New Metamodel Drives Predictive Data with MIT’s Hazhir Rahmandad
The aggregation of research data across multiple studies, multiple methods, and over longer time spans has been an on-going problem for researchers for decades. The ability for scientists, data analysts, academic research institutions, and others to build on work done before is necessary to move research forward. But, often such prior research uses completely different […]
Data Analysis of Tweets Shows Promise in Rapid Assessment of Collective Trauma
by Angela Guess A recent press release out of UC Irvine reports, “An alternative to using Twitter geotags and hashtags to identify community members who have experienced collective trauma, such as a school shooting, shows promise in helping researchers rapidly assess local effects. The approach, developed by researchers at the University of California, Irvine, was […]