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Team Building…

Team Building A few weeks ago I had the privilege of participating in the 2012 Philadelphia Color Run with my oldest daughter Shelby who was home from college for the summer. The color run is an original experience that takes place in cities nationwide. Each location picks a local charity that the events proceeds will […]

Is Financial Reporting Automation for Dummies?

Recent studies have shown that a high correlation exists between an organization’s ability to create timely and accurate financial reporting and analysis and the increased performance of that company. But why? If you think about it, it makes sense. Companies that embrace automating finance processes can redirect their finance resources to perform more value-add analysis, […]

Leadership

Poolside on the 4th of July (in between tossing the football and taking diving lessons from my daughter Paige), I read an interesting article written by Dr. Jeff Focht, vice president for academic affairs at the community college I first attended before going on to Penn State. In his article, “at the end of the […]

TM1 TurboIntergrator

  TM1 TurboIntergrator       TM1 TurboIntegrator (or TI) is the programming or scripting tool that allows you to automate data importation, metadata management, and many other tasks. In my recent book: IBM Cognos TM1 Developers Certification Guide- (http://www.amazon.com/IBM-Cognos-Developers-Certification-Guide/dp/1849684901), I discussed advanced techniques for TurboIntegrator (TI) scripting in regards to the current IBM Cognos […]

The IBM Cognos TM1 Developers Certification Exam

  The IBM Cognos TM1 Developers Certification Exam As stated on www-03.ibm.com/certify: The IBM Cognos TM1 Developer exam covers key concepts, technologies, and functionality of the Cognos products. In preparation for an exam, we recommend a combination of training and hands-on experience, and a detailed review of product documentation. Those looking to become a certified […]

Predictive Analytic Evangelism

Research In a recent post (SPSS – Making good on an investment), I spoke about a study on the ROI of SPSS. This time, I would like to call out a study performed by Ventana Research of San Ramon, Calif. in March 2012. This study reports on organizations already using predictive analytics: March 7, 2012 […]

SPSS – Making good on an investment

Research (for example, “The Real ROI from SPSS”, NUCLEUS Research 2005), shows that IBM SPSS is a safe investment and indicate that 94 percent of SPSS customers achieve a positive return within less than a year! These returns are found by way of reduced costs, increased productivity, increased employee and customer satisfaction and greater visibility. […]

Cognos TM1 Rules – how do they really work?

          Since Cognos TM1 uses a very efficient data compression algorithm to allow large datasets to fit in relatively small amounts of RAM, TM1 calculates the values only when needed by TM1—resulting in improved performance and reduced storage requirements. Here is the sequence of events: A value is requested from (a […]

Dummy Coding with IBM SPSS

Dummy Coding with IBM SPSS To understand what is meant by dummy coding, you need to understand 2 forms of data: Qualitative or Quantitative? “Qualitative data describes items in terms of some quality or categorization while Quantitative data are described in terms of quantity (and in which a range of numerical values are used without […]

Chi-Squared Challenging using SPSS

  Chi-Squared Challenging using SPSS A Chi-Square Challenge (or Test) procedure organizes your data pond variables into groups and computes a chi-square statistic. Here is the specific definition: “The chi-square (chi, the Greek letter pronounced “kye”) statistic is a statistical technique used to determine if a “distribution of observed frequencies” differs from the “theoretical expected […]

IBM SPSS Split File

You can use the IBM SPSS Split File feature to split your data pond into separate groups for further analysis –based on the values of one or more grouping variables. If you select multiple grouping variables, cases are grouped by each variable within categories of the preceding variable on the Groups Based On list. For […]

The IBM SPSS Pivot Table Editor

There are various types of windows in IBM SPSS Statistics: The Data Editor Window – used to manage your data pond. The Viewer Window – where all results of your data analysis are displayed. The Chart Editor Window – here you can change the colors, select different type fonts or sizes, switch the horizontal and vertical […]

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