Analytics
Ideas and insights about analytics from MIT Sloan experts.
Data literacy: The key to cracking the data culture code
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Data is the common language of our time. Achieving data literacy in your organization requires a shared mindset, language, and skills.
6 ways to transform KPIs
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Smarter KPIs lead to better outcomes. Companies that revise their KPIs with artificial intelligence see greater financial benefit than those that do not, new research shows.
Better predictive models could reduce clothing returns
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Adding images to predictive models can help retailers estimate return rates as they decide what to feature on their websites.
It’s time to make sure everyone understands generative AI
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Employees should know how generative artificial intelligence works, how companies are using it, and how it compares to other advanced analytics tools.
Data executives’ to-do list for 2024 includes governance, gen AI
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Chief data officers are preparing for generative AI while continuing to work on other data initiatives, according to a new survey.
Build better KPIs with artificial intelligence
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AI-enriched KPIs, known as smart KPIs, can better guide organizations toward key business goals.
What everybody should know about data monetization
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Most companies comprehend the impact data has on business strategy. Fewer understand how to convert data efforts into monetary value.
How to make data ‘everybody’s business’
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Decontextualize data and prepare data assets that can be reused for many purposes. A new book from MIT CISR researchers explains how.
Is this new forecasting model better than machine learning?
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Relevance-based prediction can be used in finance, politics, and sports for more accurate forecasting.
3 business problems data analytics can help solve
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Businesses want to achieve growth, equip front-line workers with solutions, and process unwieldy data.