Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Leading Data Providers

I am compiling a list of leading data providers. This list is continuously expanding. If your favorite data providers are not included here and you feel they should be included in the list, please contact me at jay.zhou@deep-data-mining.com.

Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters provides financial data, financial data,including company, market, valuation and price. In addition, Open Calais from Thomson Reuters is a tool that extracts structured data from text.

Acxiom

Acxiom's Personicx products divide consumers into clusters or segments according to different criteria to help companies can better market their products to targeted audience. Personnicx products include Lifestage, Digital, Financial and Hispanic.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Commitments of Traders reports are released weekly. They show the future positions held by large and small traders in various markets, including financial, currencies and commodities. These reports are considered useful for traders in predicting market movement directions as it is commonly believed that smaller traders are always wrong.

United States Department of Transportation

Aviation Data & Statistics

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Climate Data Online: Dataset Discovery

United States Department of Labor- Bureau of Labor Statistics

Wage Statistics by Occupation by State. For example, the average wage for Computer and Information Research Scientists (code15-1111) in Massachusetts is $125,870.

United States Department of Agriculture-Nutrient Data Laboratory

USDA Nutrient Database

United States Department of Education

the Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions of Programs

Monday, October 02, 2017

A Great Book on SQL for Data Miners/Scientists

I have found an excellent book on SQL tailored for Data Miners/Scientists, Data Analysis Using SQL and Excel by Gordon S. Linoff. Unlike other technical SQL books, this one is highly practical with many examples that can be applied directly to business problems. I highly recommend it.