The Analytics Edge

Innovative, advanced data and analytics practices — and how to use them to solve real-world business problems — from top experts at MIT Sloan.

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How to build an effective analytics practice

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MIT Sloan business analytics faculty share mistakes to avoid, strategies to adopt, and the technological developments that excite them most.

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Data literacy for leaders

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Leaders need to understand data enough to make their best decisions, drive literacy throughout the organization, and create a culture of trust in data.

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Try this data framework for analytics advantage

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Finding the right data, cleaning it, and shaping it so that it meets your needs is a skill. Here are seven pro tips to get the job done right.

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In-demand data and analytics skills to hire for now

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Companies are looking for more than programming language fluency when it comes to hiring for data and analytics roles. Four hiring managers share their must-hav...

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What is synthetic data — and how can it help you?

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Synthetic data — which resembles real data sets but doesn’t compromise privacy — allows companies to share data and create algorithms more easily.

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