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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The facts of climate change are widely reported. NASA notes, for example, that with a two-degree-Celsius increase in global temperatures, as compared with a 1.5-degree-C increase, about 61 million ...

Microsoft Excel is spreadsheet data management software used by many small businesses for day-to-day operational tasks. Excel's convenient cell-based structure lets you input your business' inventory, ...

Data visualization is a process in data analytics where visual representation communicates the data and insights to facilitate good data-driven decisions. Basically, data visualization is ...

Artificial intelligence accounting automation platform startup Numeric has raised $51 million in new funding to expand from close management into a broader compound startup model that delivers a ...