At my company we currently take all unit run notes down by hand and then use them to develop graphical representation of the actual time spent on each task. The notes differ from each operator and cause problems with inaccurate and lost information. I am looking into developing a system to have a set of…

One of the key takeaways from this year’s Enterprise Data World conference was how to have a successful career in data analytics. A good way to ensure it happens…conduct a self assessment. Would you agree? If not, what’s the key to having a successful data analytics career?

In SearchCIO’s recent social engagement-themed tweet jam, one idea was clear: Incorporating social tools into regular business practices is increasingly vital to organizational success. But left unclear were the CIO’s responsibilities for collecting data — not to mention identifying, analyzing and protecting it. Is collecting social media data the CIOs’ responsibility? If it’s not the…

Plenty has been written on the revolutionary technology advances that make big data possible. But the real value comes when people change the way they make decisions. Is big data also the basis of the next big management revolution?

I want to know the different types of data, their description and applications.

Is it possible to become so set in your ways of analysis that you begin to miss key data points?  If so, what tools are you aware of that can help you see your data in a new light? 

Is HAWQ Hadoop? HAWQ supports all common Hadoop formats can we combine Hive and PIG with HAWQ? Can we input a HIVE query or a PIG script into HAWQ?

When I try to enter data into SPSS, the program replaces my numbers with question marks as soon as I hit Enter to move to the next box.

Big data may have met its match as in-memory computing has become one of the top 10 strategic technology trends of 2013, according to Gartner. Used by Google and Twitter, this approach allows easier access to data and provides better analysis. Do you think in-memory computing can handle big data demands?

Hi, I have URLs as a string variable. I would like to recode them. For example if the URL has downloads, I would like to recode as Download center. How do I do this?

Can you please provide me all the stuff that is related to HADOOP software. Thanks.

I’ve asked for the opinion’s about several different subjects, all with the same items/constructs. So now I have to calculate Cronbach’s alpha for the construct to see if it is valid, using not just the answer from one subject but the answers of all 20 subjects together. How do I do that?

The research company Gartner recently identified three trends business intelligence professionals should consider: Greater transparency, real-time tracking and automation. Which strategies do you see your company using to make data analytics quicker and more efficient?

As technology and most notably ‘data’ continues to grow over the next decade, many companies will depend on the evolution of data centers to keep pace with the growth rate. Some notable (and possible) data center transformations could include: Energy-efficient servers, power distribution and cogeneration. What do you think will be the next big data…

I have 3 variables in the data set(PR1, PR2, PR3)of medical procedures which coded with procedures that the patients received (normal data). I need create a variable containing 2 codings (001 and 002) from all these 3 procedures (PR1,PR2,PR3). I also need to keep 001 and 002 coding separately for analysis. Anyone knows how to…

As the technology world heads into the new year, many people are predicting exciting changes; particularly in the mobile, big data and security sectors. What do you think will be the next big thing for technology in 2013?

I have been trying to import data to SQL Server 2012 R2 from Cache database (Inter system Cache). How could I do it? I have tried by using SSIS through which I can export data to Cache? Am I going in the right way? Please help me? Thanks in advance

I want to use Students’ Treatment Total Score and Control Group Total Score, and measure ‘difference between the scores’. And then I want to measure effect size and Significance for each ‘difference’ score. How can I do this in SPSS?

I need to illustrate a mean plot with LSD intervals via SPSS, can anybody help me to do that?

Does anyone know what the STAR JOIN command is doing in SPSS version 21? It is the new MERGE files command and I am having trouble with it. When a case from the active data set contains a value that is not in the keyed data set it just stops at that case and will…