Why I Often Answer Analytics Students' Questions With Questions
Thoughts on the Socratic method, critical thinking, and providing too much guidance.
I've written before about the parallels among poker, analytics, and Big Data. Brass tacks: To be successful at poker on a regular basis, one needs to constantly deal with incomplete information. The best players continually update their assumptions based on new data. In other words, whether they know it or not, they embrace Bayes' Theorem.
Students looking for simple, 10-step checklists will find themselves wanting.
As I tell my analytics students, this is the very mind-set that they'll need to exhibit in their careers if they want to be successful. Put bluntly, their bosses won't consistently hold their hands for them.
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