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This will serve as an introduction to natural language processing. I adapted it from slides for a recent talk at Boston Python.

I recently had to create some sites quickly. After evaluating a few options, setting up a wordpress multisite seemed like a good option.

I’ve seen a lot of articles lately about “Big Data” and the looming “talent gap.” This article from the Wall Street Journal is a good example. It cites a McKinsey estimate that states that we will need 1.5 million more managers and analysts who are conversant with “big data.” Of course, some of this is the media latching on the the next “big thing” (data), but some of it is true. Even anecdotal evidence, such as the number of job postings you find when you search for “data science,” indicates that there is a significant unmet demand for data analysis skills.

Introduction

6/18: A follow-up to this post is now available [here](http://viksalgorithms.blogspot.com/2012/06/tracking-us-sentiments-over- time-in.html).

Now we are on to the finals! The algorithm enters the finals with a 6-4 record so far. Here is what we have for tonight: So, let’s see if OKC wins this one.

This is the sixth post in my series on [predicting the NBA playoffs](http://viksalgorithms.blogspot.com/2012/05/predicting-nba-finals- with-r.html) with an algorithm. After the Boston loss in their last game, the algorithm is now 5-4 in the playoffs. Hopefully it is correct tonight!

This is update 4 to my original post about predicting the [NBA playoffs with R](http://viksalgorithms.blogspot.com/2012/05/predicting-nba-finals- with-r.html). With the Thunder beating the Spurs and the Heat losing to the Celtics, the algorithm went 1-1 on predictions, making it 5-3 so far.

This is my third update to my original post on [predicting the NBA playoffs with an algorithm.](http://viksalgorithms.blogspot.com/2012/05/predicting-nba- finals-with-r.html) Here are updates [1](http://viksalgorithms.blogspot.com/2012/06/predicting-nba-playoff-games- results.html) and [2](http://viksalgorithms.blogspot.com/2012/06/nba-playoff- predictions-update-2-and.html).

This is my second follow-up to my previous two posts which were about [predicting NBA games with an algorithm](http://viksalgorithms.blogspot.com/2012/05/predicting-nba-finals- with-r.html), and my [first update to the algorithm](http://viksalgorithms.blogspot.com/2012/06/predicting-nba-playoff- games-results.html). The algorithm’s record is now 3-1, as it correctly predicted Boston and Oklahoma City as winners of their past games.