Sunday 24 August 2014

For Big-Data Scientists, ‘Janitor Work’ Is Key Hurdle to Insights

This article from the +The New York Times points out how much time is spent collecting and preparing data.

I have to agree - it takes forever (it feels) to cleans and format the data so that it can provide useful insights.  However the skill in doing this is key to getting the best insights from it.

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