Date: Dec 11, 2013

Latest KDnuggets News 13:n30, (Dec 11, 2013) Features:

• New Poll: Did you switch between R, Python, or other Data Science Languages?
• 3 Stages of Big Data
• Why RapidMiner? By Usama Fayyad, a Top Data Scientist and Entrepreneur
• New Book: A Programmer Guide to Data Mining - Free Download
• Statistical Community and Big Data disconnect: Discussion Highlights
• Why statistical community is disconnected from Big Data and how to fix it
• PAW: Predictive Analytics World 2014 San Francisco: Have you seen the Agenda?
• Data Science for Social Good Summer 2014
• Top stories for Dec 1-7
• Top stories for Nov 24-30: Harvard CS109 Data Science Course; Thanksgiving Big Data Cartoon
• Top news, jobs in November: Harvard Data Science Course; Field Guide to Data Science; KDnuggets Thanksgiving cartoon
• Additions to KDnuggets Directory in November

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