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Big Data
- Using Smart Big Data, Analytics and Metrics to Make Better Decisions and Improve Performance
- Narrated by: Piers Wehner
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Business & Careers, Career Success
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Get smart - learn to convert the promise of Big Data into real-world results.
There is so much buzz around big data. We all need to know what it is and how it works. But what will set you apart from the rest is actually knowing how to use big data to get solid, real-world business results - and putting that in place to improve performance.
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- M. A. Jones
- 02-03-16
vaguely interesting but repetitive
A collection of a few anecdotes and general information on "big data". Some sections are akin to listening to someone read from a dictionary. It's fairly devoid of any in depth discussion. If you've never heard the term big data or possibly never even used a computer before, this book is for you.
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- Gavin George co uk
- 02-10-16
Didn't really say much ..,..
a bunch of stories, a few facts and interesting enough to get you thinking about the subject. but for me this was more of an "awareness raising" type book than a technical insight .
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- researchschoar
- 30-04-16
Dull and boring
What would have made Big Data better?
Wanted to learn abt Big Data, artificial intelligence and how the big data is playing tole.
so based on the reviews and ratings i took a plunge to get the book.
Its dull and boring. I tried to contimue listening but it just not interesting
Slow pace, no-new-thing, last time i ttied hearing was about 4-5 weeks back... And dont feel like continuing.
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- Amazon Customer
- 13-09-16
A bit shallow
I was hoping for a more detailed overview of big data technologies, but been left a bit dissappointed. Author mostly talks about business strategies and focuses on putting down some overdone optimism of small/medium enterprises, instead of focusing on the big data itself
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- R.S.
- 24-10-21
Business buzzwords
Interesting subject, but the book is far too high level and vague on any of the specifics.
If you are in any way technical or interested in data science itself, this book is not for you. If you're in middle management looking to make waves, then this might give you some ideas.
Narrator was reasonably good.
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- Omar Kooheji
- 13-05-21
Too high level
I was expecting a book which went into depth about data, this book is too high level and amounts to a literature review of the topic.
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- Ant & Julia
- 26-03-21
Big data for 8 year olds
Big data for 8 year olds. Very basic and not what I was anticipating. disappointing.
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- Spiky Potplant
- 26-12-20
Intro book for business people, starting to date
Basic and easy intro to big data suitable for someone wanting to learn more. Focus is more on business strategy and approach than technical details. Audiobook was released in 2015 and has dated. For example, Jawbone is often cited as a company making the most of big data but the company went into liquidation not long after this was written.
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- Alec Prentice
- 22-04-20
Great introduction to a complex subject matter.
This is a book that works really well in the audiobook format. Demistifies bigdata well.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-11-18
A Must Read for any business-related individual!
This book is simply awesome, Bernard Marr really shines the light on the endless possibilities that Big Data offers and explains in full depth how it can be applied to strategically enhance ANY business.
This book has given me the inspiration to pursue a career as a Business Data Scientist, thank you Bernard Marr!!
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- Claudio B. Kerber
- 10-11-16
It would deserve an A (if it was a school paper)
This book would be a good introduction to a real book about Big Data. There's some good concepts in it, but it barely touches the issue making it sound like a introduction book about data itself, not big data. Dealing with big data brings some issues specific to the task that were not addressed.
Some questions I still have: what are the technologies I can apply in order to deal with huge amounts of data? Where should I store it? What do I plug-in in order to extract some information from it? Where do I get more information? What kind of professionals should I hire? I already have the damned smart questions, I have the datasets, how do I move on? Hiring the author is the only solution?
If my customers ask me about big data I'll have nothing pragmatic to tell them.
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- Anonymous User
- 14-02-17
Meh
Mostly stuff you already know. Really seems like the book was written for an older and less tech savvy person.
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- GH
- 11-09-15
Fluff Data
This book is targeted towards an absolute neophyte who is interested in understanding what the term big data means when he/she heard it advertised by IBM during last year's Superbowl.
What this book does. It takes all the buzz words that can be found by google or Wikipedia, and defines them. Marr attempts to put big data a structure that is too simplistic it's akin to summing up raising a child as: birth, growth, teenage conflict, adulthood. True, but is it worth the credit? NO. This is a pass of "big data" proportions.
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- Mark Brown
- 16-03-17
Light on both Big Data and business acumen
What did you like best about Big Data? What did you like least?
The book is strongest for those with little big data experience making it great for small and medium firms looking to start using the data that they have.
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- JOSEPH
- 10-02-17
Good framework to approach Big Data
Good intro to Big Data. Provides a framework through which one should approach big data within their organization and a good many examples of case studies.
This is not an advanced technical book about how to apply analytics.
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- Kaharou boukari
- 13-08-21
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Very informative book, I really enjoyed it and I’d recommend it to anyone interested in knowing more about Big Data and its uses.
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- Amazon Customer
- 19-08-18
Magnificent book, subject and content
Bernard is a reference in this industry and his insights are super useful and good. The book remains an invaluable tool for anyone digging into smart and big data topics and prohedts. I highly recommend it.
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- Bisi A.
- 06-04-18
Interesting book!
The author’s prescience in light of the recent Facebook data privacy debacle made the book relevant to things that are happening today.
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- Thomas
- 15-02-18
Author lacks foundational understanding of statistics
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
Okay overview of the application of big data analytics in the business world. My main complaint is that in several places of the book it becomes clear that the author lacks an understanding of the most basic foundations of statistics, as well as the cognitive psychology of decision-making.
For example, when he discusses the downsides of applying big data analytics, he notes that due to the inherent uncertainty of the world, our point predictions will sometimes be wrong (e.g., not everyone who are algorithms singles out as being a risky borrower will actually default). There are two mistakes in this reasoning: Most importantly, one of the main goals of statistics is to QUANTIFY UNCERTAINTY. Thus, no reasonable model would predict that something is going to happen with 100% certainty (like in his examples). Only someone not schooled in statistical thinking would ignore those estimates of uncertainty and simply focus on the point estimate.
Secondly, we have to take into account how humans would decide in the absence of quantitative models. It turns out that the human brain is very bad at thinking probabilistically, and usually thinks in terms of categories and representative examples of these categories. As a result, it is prone to to stereotypes, neglecting the variation within these categories. Thus, the question is not whether statistical models lead us to neglect uncertainty, but whether they neglect uncertainty LESS than human decision-makers would in the absence of quantitative models. (A much better treatment of the risks of big data analytics is found in "Machine, Platform, Crowd", which I can highly recommend.)
Overall, these flaws in the author's thinking makes me question his competence on the subject. Machine learning methods have made statistical models much more powerful, so it is more dangerous than ever if these models get applied without a full understanding of them.
Would you ever listen to anything by Bernard Marr again?
No
What about Piers Wehner’s performance did you like?
It was good
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- Anonymous User
- 14-11-17
similar to other Marr books
already read 2 other Bernard Marr books, all very similar information just told in different ways