Smart Vision Europe has recently become an accredited and certified Business Partner to EDB Postgres. Given our long heritage and deep expertise in the application of data science and AI technologies, this is a strategically important decision for our business.
Why EDB Postgres and why now? Read More »
AI tools like ChatGPT are revolutionising how we work, but for analysts and researchers, the real value comes when AI is tailored to specific use cases. That’s the thinking behind ChatSPSS, Smart Vision Europe’s new AI-enabled tutor designed to help SPSS users get instant, accurate support with their statistical analysis.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the way we live, work, and analyse data. From generative AI models that can summarise papers in seconds to machine learning algorithms capable of detecting patterns in huge datasets, the technology is advancing rapidly. It’s no surprise that some researchers are asking: can AI replace SPSS?
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In today’s volatile and highly competitive job market, the pressure on HR teams has never been greater. Organisations are finding
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In this guide, we’ll take you through the basics of using SPSS, from navigating around the interface to performing your first data analysis, so you can start gaining valuable insights from your data.
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Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) is an AI methodology that builds on the now ubiquitous LLM (Large Language Model) framework. RAG
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Smart Vision Europe has a decades long track record of working with the IBM SPSS software suite. Over this time,
For more than a decade we have been helping social housing providers gain insight and understanding into how their tenants
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The volume and nature of the data that most organisations hold these days mean that the analytical possibilities are great.
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While data science and machine learning are related, they are very different fields. In a nutshell, data science brings structure to big data while
What is the difference between data science and machine learning? Read More »
IBM SPSS Statistics provides a powerful suite of data analytics tools which allows you to quickly analyze your data with
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How to turn insights into action One of the challenges that organisations most commonly face when conducting data science and
How can you best turn your data science insights into action? Read More »
At Smart Vision Europe we have many years of experience helping our customers successfully get started with applying and getting
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In my most recent blog post I wrote about the benefits and opportunities that cloud computing brings to data science
What skills are needed to successfully run data science projects in the cloud? Read More »
We are living through a golden age of technological innovation and revolution. Whether it’s the blending of real time data,
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One of the wonderful things about IBM SPSS Statistics is its ubiquity. I realise that it is not a household
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The good news is, it is a product that is still very much alive and in development, albeit it has
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I have been in the business of delivering software applications and solutions that have advanced and predictive analytics at their
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Many of our clients regularly hire new analysts and we’re often involved in discussions about what the core skills are
Thinking of hiring a data analyst? What skills should they have? Read More »
Many of the analysts we speak to are being pushed over to R, primarily because it’s open source and therefore
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As we help our clients get up and running with the predictive analytics tools and skills they need, we see some
We spend a great deal of our time at Smart Vision helping our clients to establish the use of predictive
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Prescriptive analytics is a relatively recent development beyond the broader disciplines of predictive analytics and data science. In this blog
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In this blog post I’m going to suggest some ways in which predictive analytics can help retailers weather the economic
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I talked in my last blog post about the confusion that often emerges around how much data is enough to
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When I’m talking to prospective clients something I hear a lot is ‘but we don’t really have enough data to
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It never ceases to surprise me at the wide array of interesting and smart folks we have the privilege to
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Predictive analytics can really pay dividends for charities but I often find that such organisations are reluctant to invest in
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The Anna Karenina principle describes an endeavour in which a deficiency in any one of a number of factors dooms
Deployment of analytics – a great example of the Anna Karenina principle? Read More »