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Everywhere you look people are talking about data.

Buzzwords abound - 'data science', 'machine learning','artificial intelligence'. But what does any of it really mean, and most importantly what does it mean for your business?

Long-established businesses in many industries find themselves competing with new entrants built entirely on data and…

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1 author picked The Average is Always Wrong as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I love the fact that I had confirmation that what your data is telling you is probably not what it seems.

This book brilliantly explains the buzzword vocabulary of financial “experts” and what the data that goes with those buzzwords actually show. It’s a wonderfully simple explanation of each term with examples of how skewed the bar graph may be and why, and where real value lies and how to find it.

I found new insights on how to better analyse customer behaviour—without the fancy graphs—and suggestions of what to do about it. 

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