Pulse: The New Science of Harnessing Internet Buzz to Track Threats and Opportunities
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Downloads for Examples and Exercises from the Book Below
Examples of Correlations in Data and the R squared calculation
Now-casting Unemployment
Applied Information Economics (AIE) White Paper
Applied Information Economics (AIE) Example #1
Veterans Affairs IT Security Analysis: This is the written deliverable for the Department of Veterans Affairs AIE performance metrics project for the Information Security Program. The pdf version is also available at www.cio.gov and other AIE studies done for the US Government may be found by searching for “Applied Information Economics” on that site.
Applied Information Economics (AIE) Example #2
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