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An Analytical person at the Nutcracker (or Research Methodology, Nutcracker...
Last night we attended a Russian Ballet performance of the Nutcracker. It was a great performance, and fun was had by all. Early in the performance I realized that although I have developed some...
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Storytelling about the Past and Predicting the Future: On People, Computers...
My Grandma was a force to be reckoned with. My grandfather was a writer, and he described her driving down the street amidst symphonies. She was beautiful and stubborn, strong willed and sharp. Once a...
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Planning another Online Research, Offline lunch
I’m planning another Online Research, Offline lunch for researchers in the Washington DC area later this month. The specific date and location are TBA, but it will be toward the end of February near...
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Free Range Research will cover the Sentiment Symposium in NYC next week #SAS14
Next week Free Range Research will be in NYC to cover the Sentiment Symposium and Innovation session, and I can’t tell you how excited I am about it! The development of useful analytics hinges on...
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Reflections and Notes from the Sentiment Analysis Symposium #SAS14
The Sentiment Analysis Symposium took place in NY this week in the beautiful offices of the New York Academy of Sciences. The Symposium was framed as a transition into a new era of sentiment analysis,...
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Professional Identity: Who am I? And who are you?
Last night I acted as a mentor at the annual Career Exploration Expo sponsored by my graduate program. Many of the students had questions about developing a professional identity. This makes sense, of...
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Let’s talk about data cleaning
Data cleaning has a bad rep. In fact, it has long been considered the grunt work of the data analysis enterprise. I recently came across a piece of writing in the Harvard Business Review that lamented...
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Reporting on the AAPOR 69th national conference in Anaheim #aapor
Last week AAPOR held it’s 69th annual conference in sunny (and hot) Anaheim California. My biggest takeaway from this year’s conference is that AAPOR is a very healthy organization. AAPOR attendees...
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The surprising unpredictability of language in use
This morning I recieved an e-mail from an international professional association that I belong to. The e-mail was in English, but it was not written by an American. As a linguist, I recognized the...
View ArticleThe Role of Gratitude in Research
Research, as most things in life, is best approached with gratitude. In this post, I’ll share a bit about what I’m grateful for, an exercise in gratitude, and some food for thought about the role of...
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