Innovative technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) are transforming and modernizing the way data is generated, collected, and analyzed across different industries and fields of study. 1 ...

Business managers and directors used to rely on their experience and instinct to make tough decisions. Increasingly, however, they want to know what the numbers say. In the era of big data, ...

Research is the backbone of society's progress. Without it, there would be no new drugs, tech, etc. Basically, every trace of human progress could grind to a halt. However, research is only as good as ...

Data is a company’s most powerful asset. Yet, many businesses cannibalize this valuable asset by selling it to third parties when they should be using it to make their businesses stronger and more ...

In the humanitarian aid community, research methods have traditionally skewed toward the qualitative: Participant interviews, focus groups, and field surveys have been the predominant tools ...

Big data is often differentiated by the four V’s: velocity, veracity, volume and variety. Researchers assign various measures of importance to each of the metrics, sometimes treating them equally, ...

Precision oncology exploits genomic, immunologic, and other biomarkers to drive discovery, drug development, and clinical care for patients with cancer. Precision oncology helps devise individualized ...

The processes used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to collect data for the jobs report have been under scrutiny after last week's disappointing jobs report, and one of the agency's former ...

Elucidating information about proteins present in biological samples is vital for scientists working in the field of life sciences. Whilst qualitative data can tell us which proteins are present in a ...