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Resources to help you accelerate your data analysis with SPSS

IBM SPSS Statistics provides a powerful suite of data analytics tools which allows you to quickly analyze your data with a simple point-and-click interface and enables you to extract critical insights with ease. During these times of rapid change that demand agility, it is imperative to embrace data driven decision-making to improve business outcomes. Organisations …

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Running an old version of SPSS Statistics? Here’s why it’s worth making the move to the latest version

By Felix Kraty

With v29 of IBM SPSS Statistics just released, should you consider an upgrade if you are running an unsupported version of SPSS? In terms of eagerness to upgrade, our customers fall in to a few categories: Some will upgrade as soon as they feasibly can – either due to IT policy or because they would …

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What’s new in IBM SPSS Statistics v29?

By Jarlath Quinn

In September this year, IBM released the latest version of SPSS Statistics. Version 29 introduces some new analysis procedures and includes more recent versions of R and Python Parametric Accelerated Failure Time (AFT) Models Version 29 brings a new addition to the SPSS family of Survival analysis procedures. Unlike the existing Life Tables, Kaplan-Meier and …

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How can you best turn your data science insights into action?

By Berni Simmons

How to turn insights into action One of the challenges that organisations most commonly face when conducting data science and advanced analytics projects is how to take the findings of their analysis and use them to generate value for the business. In short, how to turn insights into action. It’s not unusual for such projects …

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Expert insights: Bethan Blakeley, Analytics Director, Boxclever

By Lorna Walker

Lorna – Can you start just by telling me a little bit about your background and how you came to be where you are now in your career? Bethan – I started out doing a maths degree at Lancaster University. And then I did a master’s in operational research, which was data science really, just …

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Cloud AI at the cutting edge: taking DataRobot for a spin

By Jarlath Quinn

Smart Vision Europe recently announced an exciting new partnership with DataRobot, a rapidly rising player in the data science market with ambitions to be the de-facto leader of cloud-based AI for all. Over the past few months, I’ve been playing around with the platform, and I must say I am thoroughly impressed with what I …

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Announcing Smart Vision’s new business partner relationship with Data Robot

By Berni Simmons

At Smart Vision Europe we have many years of experience helping our customers successfully get started with applying and getting value from data science, AI and machine learning. We have set up and delivered numerous successful data science programmes across a range of industries as well as in the public sector. Under the collective banner …

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What’s new in SPSS Statistics 28.0.1?

By Jarlath Quinn

IBM has just announced the general availability of IBM SPSS Statistics 28.0.1. This modification release introduces new statistical tests, enhancements to existing procedures and functional enhancements that will improve everyday usability. In this blog post we outline some of the new features and functionality. New statistical procedures and algorithm enhancements Kernel Ridge Regression As part …

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What’s new in IBM SPSS Modeler 18.3?

By Jarlath Quinn

SPSS Modeler is a robust data science software for professional analysts and data scientists. The software scales from supporting line-of-business predictive analysis to enterprise-scale implementation.Consisting of IBM SPSS Modeler Desktop 18.3 and IBM SPSS Modeler Server 18.3, SPSS Modeler delivers a robust predictive analytics solution for a holistic approach to predictive analytics. It brings predictive intelligence to decisions made by individuals, …

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What skills are needed to successfully run data science projects in the cloud?

By Berni Simmons

In my most recent blog post I wrote about the benefits and opportunities that cloud computing brings to data science projects and reciprocally, how data science projects provide a great way to demonstrate the value of cloud computing. In this post I want to discuss the cloud computing skills challenge and provide some advice on …

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