Data mining has become respectable, useful, even essential. Data mining is based on highly automated statistical algorithms that are able to identify reproducible patterns in “wide” data sets. Wide data sets have many columns (or variables), often more columns than rows. If you have any of the following problems, then data mining can help:• Your models fit well when you build them, but do poorly when implemented.• You hav...

PANEL DATA OFFER MAJOR OPPORTUNITIES AND SERIOUS PITFALLS The most common type of longitudinal data is panel data, consisting of measurements of predictor and response variables at two or more points in time for many individuals. Such data have two major attractions: the ability to control for unobservables, and the determination of causal ordering. However, there is also a major difficulty with panel data: repeated observations are typically...

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Secretary (OS), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) advocates for small businesses by providing guidance, education, and support to internal and external stakeholders in order to maximize opportunity while maintaining accountability. A series of Community Outreach Events are being developed to educate small businesses 1) on the Affordable Care Act;...

The 2011 World Green Energy Symposium will showcase new, alternative, sustainable and innovative product development and green energy opportunities for businesses and the public.The World Green Energy Symposium's topics include current policy information, new policy ideas and world policy views. It will focus on green technology options available and already succeeding. The Symposium provides opportunities for networking, learning, exchanging...

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