Making Sense of Big Data: What Is Needed Now

October 29, 2018

Picture, images, and visualization will chop Big Data down to size. SaveDelete explained this idea in depth in its recent story: “The Next Big Phase of Big Data: Simplification.”

According to the article:

Data visualization is a growing trend, and that momentum isn’t likely to decline anytime soon. Visuals make everything simpler; complex relationships between data points can be seen at a glance, reporting is reduced to a handful of pages, and the esoteric mathematics and statistics behind variable relationships disappear when you’re communicating with someone inexperienced.”

Other ways to deal with making sense of Big Data include:

  • “Approachable” software. I think this means easy to use, maybe?
  • Gathering the right data. Yep, if one wants to understand terrorist attacks one does not need too much data about hamburger sales in downtown Louisville.
  • Reducing insights. This is a tough one. I think the idea is similar to Admiral Craig Hosmer’s statement to me in 1973: “If you can’t get it on a 4×6 note card, I don’t want to see it.”
  • Make everything simple. Homer Simpson would be proud.

Useful for math and statistics majors.

Stephen E Arnold, October 29, 2018

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