building a data search engine
A good search engine for data would make the web more enlightening. Lack of a good business model may be keeping users in data darkness. … Read the post building a data search engine
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beware of statistical designs
Misleading statistics on the declining farm share have supported agricultural subsidies. Beware of tendentious use of statistics. … Read the post beware of statistical designs
why SEC filings don't contain semantic, queryable data
SEC filings don’t contain semantic, queryable data because companies aren’t interested in making their financial data readily available as such data. … Read the post why SEC filings don't contain semantic, queryable data
making data more factually important
Data accessibility requires both data production and data access. Discursive norms help to provide good incentives. … Read the post making data more factually important
badly structured tables have a bright future
Which is a better, one big table, or two or more smaller tables? The organization of the data sources, the number of smaller tables, the extent of the relationships between the smaller tables, and economies in table processing all affect the balance of advantage. But cheaper storage, cheaper computing power, and fancier data tools probably … Continue reading badly structured tables have a bright future