Big Data Analytics

16 • Big Data Analytics

However, remember a quoted passage in one of the articles, “Evolv con-

tends that the simple distinction of which Web browser an applicant is

using when he or she sends in a job application can show who’s going to

be a star employee and who may not be.” Such statements should never be

used in discussing big data results within your organization. What does

“who’s going to be a star employee” really mean? It grants too much cer-

tainty to a result that will at best be a tendency in the data rather than a set

rule. e statement “and who may not be” is likewise meaningless, but in

the other direction. It asserts nothing. In real life, many of those who use

Firefox or Chrome will be poor hires. Even if there were a real relationship ...