FlowingData - WolframAlpha Pro launches in an effort to democratize data science

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Contents: WolframAlpha Pro launches in an effort to democratize data science WolframAlpha Pro launches in an effort to democratize data science Feb 16, 2012 01:38 am  •  Permalink Taking the next step in the Wolfram|Alpha experiment, Wolfram launches a Pro version that lets you plug in your own data and get information out of it. The key idea is automation. The concept in Wolfram|Alpha Pro is that I should just be able to take my data in whatever raw form it arrives, and throw it into Wolfram|Alpha Pro. And then Wolfram|Alpha Pro should automatically do a whole bunch of analysis, and then give me a well-organized report about my data. And if my data isn't too large, this should all happen in a few seconds. I haven't had a chance to try it yet, but the sense I get from others is that the part about data not being too large is key. Apparently it's still in the early stages and can't handle much data at once. The main hook is automated summaries, model fitting, and some graphs, but if you know enough to interpret the models appropriately, shouldn't you know enough to derive them? I'd love to hear initial thoughts from those who have tried it. For those who haven't, it's $4.99 per month, but there's a two-week free trail. [Wolfram] Sponsored by: More to read: Slicing Obama's 2013 budget proposal four ways Interactive and animated word cloud Abstract maps of the United States Jeremy Lin is no fluke Famous dances in television and cinema illustrated  follow on Twitter | forward to a friend  Copyright © 2012 FlowingData, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in on FlowingData. Our mailing address is: FlowingData PO Box 3381 Livermore, CA 94550 Add us to your address book  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences