Comments on: PASS Session on Analytics by Donald Farmer (#sqlpass)

By: facility9 » Links For The Week

facility9 » Links For The Week — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 21:42:43 +0000

[...] PASS Session on Analytics by Donald Farmer (#sqlpass) – Brent summarizes what was, without a doubt, my favorite session at PASS. The new things that are coming in analysis and business intelligence make this sector very compelling. [...]

By: Gareth Horton

Gareth Horton — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:12:57 +0000

Hi Brent,

You always have to keep the quote “if you torture data sufficiently, it will confess to almost anything” at the back of your mind.

In many cases, observations are mistaken for facts, and in some cases, entire premises can be blind alleys.

The premise you use above, as regards the correlation between age and survival could well be utterly misplaced, although pure chance could upgrade it to a “fact” if you’re not careful.

The book “The Tiger That Isn’t” is well worth a read, although it is UK based, so the examples may not be as close to home as you might like.

Gareth

By: SQLBatman

SQLBatman — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:57:28 +0000

well put Brent. I missed that session, but the concept of outliers comes up during the analysis phase of any project *ahem, Six Sigma*. I spoke with Donald about trying to morph the BI stack into some type of product that would allow for Six Sigma Black Belts to easily gather and produce documents and results for their projects. He pointed me towards PerformancePPoint, so I think i feel a call to my Msft tech evangelist for a demo coming up soon.

By: facility9 » PASS Summit 2008 Thursday and Friday Recap

facility9 » PASS Summit 2008 Thursday and Friday Recap — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:18:29 +0000

[...] on Integrating Predictive Analysis Throughout the Data Lifecycle. Brent Ozar did a great job of summarizing Donald’s presentation. One of the most interesting things that Donald showed was how to use an existing corpus of data to [...]