Category Archives: Analytics in Daily Life

News vs. Noise: The Syrian Refugee Crisis – Text Mining and Sentiment Analysis

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What is the Syrian Refugee Crisis? As a result of the Syrian Civil War, 4 million Syrians have been displaced from their home, mostly taking refuge in neighboring countries such as Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey. By October 2015, the cumulative number of Syrian refugees seeking asylum in Europe had reached over Continue reading News vs. Noise: The Syrian Refugee Crisis – Text Mining and Sentiment Analysis→

How I Didn't Lose Money in Vegas

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On my flight to Las Vegas, I considered how I could best use the little money in my pocket. I could gamble it in the casino, or I could save it for a Christmas present for my mother. I remember my successes in the simple card game War as a Continue reading How I Didn't Lose Money in Vegas→

Star Wars and text mining: This is the post you are looking for…

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10 years. It has been 10 years since the last Star Wars film, and the world is fully feeling the Star Wars fever. From Star Wars toys and games to Star Wars household items, Star Wars is everywhere you turn and it could not be more exciting. With Star Wars Continue reading Star Wars and text mining: This is the post you are looking for…→

Soccer Team

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“It Depends.” This phrase is a running joke at the Institute for all of the statistical questions one may ever have: Is your R-squared value good enough? Should you take an order one difference? Ensemble? It also happens to be the mantra of the undefeated Institute for Advanced Analytics Football Continue reading Soccer Team→