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No Clear Solution, But Qualitative Recruiting Needs Fixing | RBDR

April 5, 2017. Today on RBDR:

1) Six predictions about the hiring marketplace for data scientists and analytics personnel in 2017.

2) It’s unclear what needs to be done about a qualitative recruitment process that is deteriorating before our very eyes as potential participants walk away for research opportunities.

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Today’s biggest data science issues. Facebook advertising’s battle to prove value. (RBDR 10.19.2016)

Today’s biggest data science issues. Facebook advertising’s battle to prove value. (RBDR 10.19.2016)

Today on RBDR:

1) Dstillery Chief Scientist Claudia Perlich points out the biggest issues of data science in businesses today: mostly its misunderstanding and management misappropriation, which leads to its misuse and waste.

2) Facebook advertising is fighting a daily battle to prove its value to all types of advertisers. A two-market test in India showed promise for this ad vehicle. Read this original story by clicking here.

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The mystery of algorithms, except for data scientists. Nielsen phasing out TV paper diaries. (RBDR 09.19.2016)

Today on RBDR:

1) None of us, aside from Data Scientists, understand the algorithms they use and which ones they use.

2) Nielsen announces that it will do away with TV paper diaries in 2017 and, for good, in 2018.

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Decision scientists: overpaid? Tweets for TV correlate to watch behavior. (RBDR 07.06.2016)

Today on RBDR:

1) Barclays Head of Advanced Analytics Harry Powell bogs about British CEOs’ dislike of how much decision scientists in their companies are being paid…but Howell says there is no sign that this trend is going to change.

2) A study claims that increases in certain emotions expressed in Twitter tweets about TV programs correlates to predictability of viewing in comedy, drama and romantic series.

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