Indentifying Behavior in Numbers: A Chart

December 13th, 2009

Identifying human behavior across a society is the focus of many sociologists.  As an analyst, identifying human behavior through data is my interest.  Whether I am looking at sales data, cost per unit, economic forecasts, or even toilet usage charts, looking at data patterns can identify key changes in behavior.
Take a look at the chart [...]

Confidence In Metrics

October 8th, 2009

Metrics are the individual numbers that relate to other numbers that tell a story. Often, these are the numbers that people of all levels of the company use to make decisions.
If a company has a firm grasp of their metrics, fully understand their engine, and have reporting in the right places, there can be some [...]

YouTube Is For More Than Laughs

September 8th, 2009

When I saw this article by Medical News Today, I did a classic double take of the headline:
Clues To Brain Injury Symptom From YouTube Videos
When I talk about patterns and collecting data, finding new, cheap, and creative sources of data is often what separates the truly remarkable from the ordinary research projects.   Conducting brain injury [...]