A tribute to useful, but less interesting research findings — A few years ago as a Data Scientist I was presenting to co-workers an analysis I’d been working on. The presentation went fine and the work was well-received, but I could tell the group was a little underwhelmed. Towards the end of the presentation, one co-worker asked, “Did you find…

A guide to building a more meaningful metric — The Net Promoter Score is a widely-used survey question that companies use to measure customer satisfaction, loyalty, and growth. Proponents of NPS are drawn to it because it’s a single number that appears — on the surface, at least — to be linked to some significant indicators of performance. NPS…