Can anyone provide insight on the merits/limitations of using 

1)Data Mining/ Modeling tools via SQL Analysis Services 
versus 
2) SPSS Modeler/ Decision Management 

My objective is to combine multiple data sources to model revenue by location and product. I am also ...

Customer Attrition Model

I have developed a basic customer attrition model that gives me attrition figures. Now I am trying to develop a predictive model that will let me know which customer (and when) is likely to attrite. As of now I am taking only two variables, monthly visits to the store and ...

I was trying to find the % contribution of each variable in the fin...

I'm interested in learning R from the scratch along with it's featu...

Can anyone reccomend a "Text Mining" text book?

I'm looking for a recent text book regarding text mining, that has a good statistical outlook and focus while giving a good overall picture of the subject. 

I have noticed a lot of the top books recommended on Amazon, tend to have a heavy computer science focus – especially ...

Can you use a decision tree for a numeric target?

Is it possible to use a decision tree algorithm to predict a numeric target? If yes, how would you evaluate for the effectiveness of the model with a numeric outcome in a decision tree?

I have a general question for the Predictive Modelers, about Infere...

In my line of work, pharmaceutical drug development, analyses that may (or may not) be accepted by the Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA), must (no ifs/ands/or buts) be planned,in advance of unblinding of data. 
I appreciate in advance the blinded data setting may not seem to ...

Happy Holidays from AnalyticBridge

If I wanted to summarize 2010 with a single fact, it would be a metric from Google: the keyword "analytics" has been growing exponentially fast (in popularity), topping by far keywords such as business intelligence, six sigma, data mining, and even cloud computing. At ...

Calculating sample size for data mining

Hi Everyone, 

I have come across different references and pow's among which: 
- Data Mining and the Case for Sampling, from SAS, gives only the general 10% rule plus some talk about the nature and complexity of the analysis. 
-Sample Size and Modeling Accuracy with ...

Is North Carolina a good place for statisticians?

I am wondering whether North Carolina is a good place for people in statistics to develop? 

Any information will be highly appreciated! Thanks!

What's the market for data-intensive modeling & simulation? ...

Do you see a market for small independent consulting companies offering data-intensive modeling & simulation? What's the areas/industries you see as more promising?

Check this out www.customers-dna.com, except from articles and pres...

How Do You Measure White Paper Success

Need to develop ROI model that demonstrates the performance of my organizations white paper and having trouble going beyond just the number of downloads we've received

how we can evaluate "analytical predicting models"

Hi every one, 

I am new in these group, and it’s my first intervention: 
I have a question about the analytical predicting models, how we can evaluate them ?, it’s a cost issue, because we have campaigns to start, and we can't just test it like that (throwing money), ...