Tag: Data Modeling
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Data Modeling in the Big Data Era
Over the years of evolving technologies, data modeling has become less and less important as a fundamental skill set. It’s impossible to say how many times the phrase has been uttered: “we no longer need data models because now we have _____________ (fill in the blank)”. Everything from a data lake, to NoSQL database, to…
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The Next Giant Leap in Data Management: Automated Integration
This article is short and to the point and proposes an answer for one question; what is the next giant leap in analytics? I have argued and debated endlessly for the last 20 years on the necessity of data models. These models provide the structures for enforcing data integrity, and result in critical artifact byproducts.…
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Anscombe Quartet
Anscombe’s quartet actually has nothing to do with music, but when I hear the word quartet I associate it with music. However, this particular quartet refers to four datasets with very similar descriptive statistics. When these data are plotted you will see that they are obviously very different data sets. The idea was developed by…