How can I easily analyse test score data in a spreadsheet with multiple independent and dependent variables in each row?
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posted by mxc
on May 15, 2013 -
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There must be a keyword analysis tool by now that specifically works for ebay listings ?
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posted by flexiverse
on May 14, 2013 -
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Help me rescue my analytical faculties so I can survive the last months of grad school with my dignity intact.
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posted by avocet
on Apr 21, 2013 -
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How can I avoid analysis paralysis in decision-making and pick what's "right for me" more consistently? How can I minimize regret?
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posted by Seeking Direction
on Mar 4, 2013 -
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I love my car. It is reliable, trustworthy, and it has carried me safely through at least one rather hairy situation. Best of all, it was cheap. When I touch the dashboard, I remember the thrill of the negotiation process, and even the salesman's sweaty palm as we shook hands on a price thousands of dollars lower than what my friend paid for the exact same model.
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posted by wolfdreams01
on Jan 30, 2013 -
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I need to do a rough and ready news analysis. I want to go to a specific news site and see the frequency of certain words and phrases before and after a certain date. Ideally, I'd be able to do this in a slightly more complex way, with combinations of words and phrases. I want to do this for free. Does such a tool exist?
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posted by tavegyl
on Jan 28, 2013 -
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I'm working on my first ever scientific paper: a meta-analysis of data from other studies. I've just finished my search for relevant papers. My paper is to cover two related (but different) topics (determined by my advisor). For Topic A, I have a fair number of papers (nearly 20) from which to obtain data. For Topic B, though, I only have two! Is it even
possible to do a meta-analysis of two papers? If so how would I go about it? I'm asking y'all instead of my advisor because he is unavailable this week and next, and I want to go ahead and get going, at least by reviewing other meta-analyses so I can get a sense of what I need to do with the papers I've got.
posted by ocherdraco
on Jan 17, 2013 -
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Inspired by
this post on the blue, I was wondering -- what are some examples of articles/blog posts where someone analyzed (presumably with tongue-in-cheek) a minor part of a fictional world in a serious way that treats the subject matter as truth, not fictional?
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posted by RabbleRabble
on Jan 4, 2013 -
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I'm trying to tag and code about 4000+ unique paragraphs of data. These are opinion responses to two similar questions. I manually went through the first 4000 responses and it took weeks using Google Refine. I'm wondering if there's a way to operationalize this to be a bit easier and less time consuming?
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posted by iamkimiam
on Nov 29, 2012 -
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I sort of know Matlab, R, SPSS, and C. But how do I really learn Matlab, R, SPSS, and C?
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posted by Nomyte
on Nov 2, 2012 -
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Looking for how to get skills that would make me qualified for a data analyst position.
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posted by hrj
on Oct 17, 2012 -
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[Language Processiong / Grammar Question] With a pattern of noun infinitive adjective noun verb infinitive, can the second noun ever be the subject of the verb? Bonus question (below the fold): In the second case does the adverb of the verb always determine the sentiment of the second noun?
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posted by Nanukthedog
on May 20, 2012 -
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Do you know or can you find any scholarly articles about analysing adults' drawings that do not relate to health?
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posted by b33j
on Apr 23, 2012 -
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Looking for a web based survey tool that can give feedback to survey takers at the end
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posted by JiffyQ
on Apr 17, 2012 -
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Stats filter. I am doing multivariate regression for the first time and I want to understand what I'm doing, having gone beyond my formal training. I have many possible ways I could formulate the regression (different variables to include) and I want to find a model that is both the best possible fit while using the fewest number of variables. How?
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posted by PercussivePaul
on Mar 18, 2012 -
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Need to do a simple analysis around pay and experience fairness.
Example:
Two project managers managing exactly same kind of projects and have similar performance levels:
PM 1 -> Pay $130,000 ; Experience 15 years;
PM2-> Pay $80,000 ; Experience 3 years;
I want a mathematical way of analyzing if the person getting paid $80,000 is being under payed.
Now I know there are industry standards and charts available. I want to do something that may not be perfect but gives a sense.
How much weight should be given to experience and can this be factored in mathematically?
Please dont get hung up on accuracy. I want a logical analysis method that does not need to be entirely accurate.
Also, where can I find industry charts comparing pay and experience
posted by r2d2
on Mar 3, 2012 -
12 answers
Post mortem toxicology tests - why does it take so long for results to be delivered?
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posted by lampshade
on Feb 13, 2012 -
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How can I analyze some data about linkages between data elements in a way that will give me meaningful information about the similarity of the relationships? This has got to be a solved problem!
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posted by TheNewWazoo
on Feb 8, 2012 -
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Source for machine-readable lists of chord progressions of popular songs?
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posted by unSane
on Feb 7, 2012 -
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I'm starting a new job soon where I will be using Matlab a whole lot. I've used Matlab (and Octave) before and know the basics, but I want to become an expert. What book should I buy, or what other resources should I look into?
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posted by no regrets, coyote
on Jan 27, 2012 -
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We have five area managers who look after a number of sites each (about 10) spread throughout the UK.
How can I visually represent this on a map that shows the illogical (or logical) spread of their site distribution (from a distance perspective)
Sub comment: I'd also like to be able to esimate the distances travelled if they visit each site x days per year and show the most efficient site per manager. Suggestions for this would be great too.
posted by trashcan
on Jan 23, 2012 -
3 answers
How to approach a quantitative analysis of consumer purchasing decisions in the freemium games market?
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posted by kprincehouse
on Nov 28, 2011 -
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Help picking a topic that lends itself to document analysis via XML-based techniques that preferably has to do with Politics or Political Science (more inside)
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posted by Raichle
on Sep 22, 2011 -
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Is there software capable of analyzing the note-to-note event data from a melody played on a solo acoustic instrument (live or recorded), and then generating a text file containing said data in a list form?
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posted by jamjames
on Sep 20, 2011 -
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This
Newt Gingrich Mefi post about paid Twitter followers had me looking at my own Twitter stream more closely. Now I'm concerned. I don't auto-follow, but I'm following Twitterers I don't remember choosing to follow at all! Help me get to the bottom of this, please.
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posted by misha
on Aug 2, 2011 -
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As a result of my method for saving money, I've ended up with a huge excel spreadsheet for the last 4 years detailing how much I've put in and taken out of my savings account. The problem is that although I've taken time to record all this information, I've now realised that I'm not sure what I can actually do with it. Do you have any ideas?
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posted by mr_silver
on Jun 30, 2011 -
12 answers
How can I figure out what is chatting and/or stealing my home LAN bandwidth?
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posted by patrad
on Jun 21, 2011 -
17 answers
Atlas.ti Survey Import question: how should my Survey Monkey exports be formatted in order to be successfully brought into Atlas.ti via the new
Survey Import tool?
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posted by activitystory
on Jun 19, 2011 -
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I'm a social scientist heading off to do a year of field research, which will include lots and lots and lots of interviewing. What tools to you recommend to keep all your interviewees' data straight, and to show how they are connected to each other?
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posted by foodmapper
on Jun 6, 2011 -
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Please recommend a Twitter hashtag archive and analysis tool.
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posted by k8t
on May 30, 2011 -
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[Philosophy/Language/HistoryFilter]: What's the name of this rhetorical or logical technique, where you explain a subject by making a lot of lists?
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posted by gallusgallus
on May 27, 2011 -
6 answers
Could someone explain to me what's happening in the guitar solo in "You Wear It Well" by DeBarge?
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posted by germdisco
on May 24, 2011 -
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