Decision Support News
D. J. Power, Editor
December 23, 2012 Vol. 13, No. 25
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1) What is best practice for data visualization?
2) Recent Decision Support News Headlines
3) Upcoming Decision Support Conferences/Call for Papers
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What is best practice for data visualization?
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by Daniel Power
Editor, DSSResources.com
Visualizing data means that we can see relationships if they
exist. A visualization is a short cut to understanding the
underlying pattern in the data. The danger is that the pattern
is spurious and that we fail to test for the significance of
the relationship. So what are "best practices" for visualizing
a data set? Should we start with descriptive information on
the data set? Should we have a prior hypothesis that guides
our analysis? Should we try a number of techniques and tools
and to see if we find a relationship?
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2) Recent Decision Support News Headlines
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12/20/2012 Kontagent launches new mobile apps for on-the-go access to mobile analytics. Check release.
12/20/2012 Desert research institute utilizing IBM big data analytics to assist Nevada's growth strategy. Check release.
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3) Upcoming Decision Support Conferences/Call for Papers/Books
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1. Call for IS/T book proposals.
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2. Call for papers: AMCIS BI&KM (SIGDSS), Chicago
August 15-17, 2013.
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Purchase Dan Power's Decision Support Basics
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