Gathering and entering numbers on a computer is one of the most laborious aspects of data management. Ten-key data entry expedites this process, focusing only on the number keys, 0 through 9, which ...

As sharing of research data becomes more important, we are facilitating this by integrating the Figshare repository into our submission system. Two publications have called for the redefinition of ...

Here's a complete end-to-end demo of what Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research says is arguably the simplest possible classification technique. The goal of a machine learning classification ...

contains only numbers, and sometimes a decimal point and/or minus sign. When they are read into a SAS data set, numeric values are stored in the floating-point format native to the operating ...

Clustering non-numeric -- or categorial -- data is surprisingly difficult, but it's explained here by resident data scientist Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research, who provides all the code you ...

Sparklines in Microsoft Excel are charts—tiny little charts that display inline with the data because they fit into a cell, usually adjacent to the data they’re evaluating. With a quick glance, not ...

Arithmetic Mean: (a.k.a. mean) the sum of a set of numbers divided by the number of numbers in the set. Average: see "Central Tendency." Box-and-Whisker Plot: see "Box Plot." Box-Plot: graphical ...

Ocean data assimilation systems combine data assimilation with numerical ocean models to predict ocean conditions. Researchers recently created the Yin-He Global Ocean Data Assimilation and Forecast ...

Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, and ...

Whether you work for a small mom-and-pop operation or belong to a giant, multinational firm, spreadsheets are likely to be an invaluable tool for your business. All companies manage various sorts of ...