Principal components factor analysis and scale construction (filter) again. [more inside]
posted on Aug 18, 2008 - 13 answers

Statistics Filter: Finding the top 10% from thousands of data points. Bonus question: inflection point value. [more inside]
posted on Aug 7, 2008 - 4 answers

Is there a differentiable function f(x) such that the derivative is nowhere continuous? That is, f'(x) has no point of continuity? [more inside]
posted on Aug 1, 2008 - 16 answers

Are there any good website where they analyze a movie thoroughly just as though you are in a film class (from cinematic, philosophical, psychological, etc. perspectives)?
posted on Jul 25, 2008 - 7 answers

What are other sites that tell me about the "realness" of television shows? [more inside]
posted on Jul 16, 2008 - 6 answers

How do we know what makes up a gemstone? And did people know in the previous centuries when (I assume) these techniques weren't around [more inside]
posted on Jul 5, 2008 - 6 answers

Looking for a general background/framework within which to define the more technical aspects of a textual analysis project, as well as interesting examples of computer-driven textual analysis. [more inside]
posted on Jun 20, 2008 - 1 answers

Say a large web based company like Amazon or eBay wants to roll out a major new feature but first needs to perform a cost benefit analysis. What's the process used to forecast the benefits? [more inside]
posted on May 26, 2008 - 12 answers

A friend has recently been offered a position that will involve modelling the company processes in her company. She has a good knowledge of the business but needs to learn to formalize this knowledge into proper business process models. Where can she start a crash course on the formal approaches to modelling and creating diagrams of the processes used in this company of about 100 employees? [more inside]
posted on May 9, 2008 - 7 answers

Lately I have been playing many strategy board games and not winning that much. I feel I need to become a more adept strategic / tactical thinker. What books, mental exercises or other things could help me? [more inside]
posted on Mar 18, 2008 - 17 answers

Where's a good place to read some well-thought-out articles or websites that are in favor of Hillary? [more inside]
posted on Mar 13, 2008 - 14 answers

Where can I find no-nonsense, scientific analysis of important issues, practical advice, and forecasts for the future? [more inside]
posted on Feb 17, 2008 - 15 answers

Help! I’m a language arts teacher and they are asking me to analyze data… [more inside]
posted on Feb 12, 2008 - 8 answers

How can I annotate and tag text within multiple documents, so that I can categorize and search through my annotations later? [more inside]
posted on Jan 20, 2008 - 5 answers

I heard about a book that covered philosophical questions at the core of mathematics. This interests me, but I'm really interested because if I remember correctly it used understanding of euler's identity as an example. What was this book?
posted on Jan 6, 2008 - 9 answers

Question: How is it possible to enjoy the moment while staying goal-oriented [more inside]
posted on Nov 15, 2007 - 16 answers

I'm having a difficult time working with my psychotherapist. Is this normal, or should I end it? [more inside]
posted on Oct 8, 2007 - 22 answers

How do I account for twins in statistical analysis? By 'twins' I mean two people born at the same time, rather than any unknown-to-me technical meaning for the word 'twins' in statistics. [more inside]
posted on Sep 18, 2007 - 14 answers

Macbook warranty blues. I asked a question after I managed to mess up an OS X update and am thankful to report that all is well and all photos of my newborn are safe and well (and backed up!). However.. [more inside]
posted on Sep 4, 2007 - 3 answers

help on fugues! im looking for analyses of the fugues in "Well Tempered Clavier" 1 and 2 by J.S. Bach [more inside]
posted on Aug 31, 2007 - 5 answers

I'm looking for books on survey design and statistical analysis. [more inside]
posted on Jul 31, 2007 - 4 answers

I have become interested in finance. After lots of reading, I understand the mechanics of how most financial instruments work. Now I want to understand how they are used in the marketplace, specifically analysis or description of transactions and their outcomes. What should I read? [more inside]
posted on May 18, 2007 - 12 answers

Is there a recent American Word Corpus available for free? [more inside]
posted on May 6, 2007 - 4 answers

Is there somewhere on the web that offers analyses of the best time to look for an apartment in an area (specifically, Berkeley/Northern Oakland)? Or, alternately, is Craig's List conveniently archived somewhere? [more inside]
posted on Apr 9, 2007 - 13 answers

What open source package do you like for Apache logfile analysis? [more inside]
posted on Mar 20, 2007 - 6 answers

Is there a way to analyse calendar (iCal) data that I've accumulated over the past year? For Example, Total hours spent doing X, or Total hours spent in Category A. [more inside]
posted on Jan 11, 2007 - 4 answers

A company has asked me to serve as a "lead generator" for them. I will be paid an hourly fee to call potential customers, and then turn interested leads over to the sales team. How do I show my employer what the potential benefit would be vs. the cost of paying me? [more inside]
posted on Dec 19, 2006 - 14 answers

LSAT Filter: I'm taking the test next Sat and I could use any pointers or tips about reading comprehension... [more inside]
posted on Nov 26, 2006 - 16 answers

What software do people currently recommend using to do web log analysis on OS X? [more inside]
posted on Nov 2, 2006 - 6 answers

How do I best analyze the performance of my mutual funds? [more inside]
posted on Sep 25, 2006 - 13 answers

What is Multivariable Testing, really? It was mentioned in this NYTimes article, but the term is only ever used in relation to QualPro, Inc.. What is the real mathematical/statistical technique they're using? Is this related to the Taguchi Method? Can someone explain it to me?
posted on Sep 19, 2006 - 5 answers

Tools to analyze a mailing list archive? [more inside]
posted on Aug 31, 2006 - 6 answers

Is Scientific American's spell-checker broken? (via justkevin) [more inside]
posted on Aug 4, 2006 - 9 answers

How bad is this website, really? Are there services that you can pay to commission a report that will tell you just how bad your website really is? [more inside]
posted on Aug 1, 2006 - 4 answers

I'm currently in a career dilemma, debating myselfe whether I should continue doing what I do as a data analyst (in sales analytics) or start a new career as a financial analyst (FA) after taking some necessary classes or training. One of my motivations is that FA gets paid more than data analyst, very easily, and FA deals with cross-department data and plays a much bigger, visible role in terms of decision advising and/or making. I did very well in accounting, finance, and economics when I was in the business school and still have clear understanding of the concepts. However, I don't have experience or proper training in financial analysis. Will an online course like this one financial analysis gear me up in a short time? If not, whatelse shall I do to get myself ready besides taking classes from a university? My other question is: How likely will companies hire someone like me with strong background in data analysis but none from financial perspective? If you have any experience, thought or input, please share it with me. Thank you so much.
posted on Jul 10, 2006 - 7 answers

Are there any websites out there dedicated to analyzing the lyrics of popular music? [more inside]
posted on Jun 1, 2006 - 10 answers

I'm looking for literature analysis websites. Are there any suggestions for worthwhile sources? I've found a bunch of essay websites, but they seem conflicting or written by students. I'm looking for accurate information that will give me some new perspectives in a wide variety of literature. In time I would like to be able to teach more about hidden symbolism to other people including students. Right now I'm looking specifically for interpretations of Margaret Atwood's "A Handmaid's Tale" and George Orwell's "1984". Thanks in advance if anyone has any advice or tips.
posted on May 29, 2006 - 12 answers

Are there any good tools out there for analyzing binary sensor data? I would like to create something like a timeline of data. [more inside]
posted on Apr 24, 2006 - 7 answers

CAD for 3d sitework recomendations, please. [more inside]
posted on Mar 30, 2006 - 3 answers

BusinessAnalysisFilter: I've been out of the Business Analysis sector for about 6 years, and I'm giving some serious thought to heading back in that direction. In looking at a particular job description I've encountered a term I'm not familiar with, and general interest, as well as not wanting to sound ignorant if I apply for that particular job, leads me to ask... [more inside]
posted on Mar 19, 2006 - 7 answers

How can I have my computer analyze a small dataset to find patterns? [more inside]
posted on Mar 14, 2006 - 27 answers

Lexical analysis! What are some good resources for a beginner? [more inside]
posted on Nov 30, 2005 - 14 answers

StatHeads- Is there a name for the following analysis/process/algorithm? [more inside]
posted on Nov 28, 2005 - 18 answers

TherapyFilter: I am currently in traditional analysis meeting three times a week every morning for the last four years. (I know, messed up childhood.) My therapist has decided for whatever reason/need to limit her office hours to 9:30 to 4:30. No mornings and no evenings. Is she unreasonable? [more inside]
posted on Sep 20, 2005 - 31 answers

I have an internal job change opportunity (Business Analyst) and need advice. [more inside]
posted on Aug 31, 2005 - 9 answers

Is there a piece of software I can use to allow public users to add "connections" between multiple objects/words? I'm thinking of a project that would probably end up looking like the ThinkMap Visual Thesaurus (http://www.visualthesaurus.com/). Any thoughts? [more inside]
posted on Jul 1, 2005 - 3 answers

I'm looking for datasets (or ideas for possible datasets), preferably live feeds of data, with which to stress test some analysis algorithms I've written. [more inside]
posted on Jun 12, 2005 - 6 answers

I need a free, easy-to-install program to analyze server logs. [more inside]
posted on Apr 4, 2005 - 7 answers

Last month in Wired, David Weinberger mentioned a research project at Stanford that "compares photos with shots of known locations, automatically annotating snaps with information about where they were taken."

Anyone know what he's talking about? I can't seem to turn up any more information about the project.
posted on Nov 30, 2004 - 4 answers

Do you play armchair pyschiatrist? How sure are you that you're right about people's inner lives? Do you act on your hunches? [More Inside.]
posted on Sep 10, 2004 - 26 answers