Deconstructing Networks in Social Organizations – 3
This is the third in the series of posts on networks in social organizations. If you missed them, here are Part 1 and Part 2. Let’s continue the discussion using the same network …
“Social Snooping” for recruitment – Intrusive? or Routine?
A recent article on the use of algorithms for recruitment caught my eye. The article discusses the successes and limitations of such algorithms for identifying potential recruits. For example, previous studies have …
Deconstructing Networks in Social Organizations – Part 2
This post is the second in a series of posts on networks in social organizations. If you missed it, here is the first part. In order to start understanding the positions …
Deconstructing Networks in Social Organizations
I was reading papers written by the eminent sociologists, Ronald Burt (of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business) and Peter Marsden (Harvard University) on social networks and social …
Performance analysis and regression to the mean!
In his seminal book, “Thinking Fast and Slow”, the Nobel laureate Daniel Kahnemann talks about an epiphany he had while working with the Israeli Air Force. Kahnemann was trying to …
Moneyball with meta-classfiers!
Meta-analysis has been used widely in academic research. However, it has gained currency outside of the hallowed groves of academia after President Obama’s 2012 election victory when Nate Silver correctly …
Hadoop is NOT “Big Data” is NOT Analytics
I am amazed at the way the words “Hadoop”, “Big Data” and “Analytics” are bandied about in a very haphazard fashion these days. For those desirous of working in the …
