Root cause analysis. What exactly does it mean in the context of an engineering job and how can I prepare for this interview?
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posted by just.good.enough
on Apr 22, 2011 -
8 answers
My website's host has the worst visitor statistics. Is there an easy solution to (non-invasively) figuring out where people come from?
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posted by history is a weapon
on Mar 15, 2011 -
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Interested in finding training to attend for ISO Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement (GUM). Lots of options, would like some recommendations.
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posted by nickerbocker
on Dec 20, 2010 -
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Just watched A River Runs Through It, and I think most of it went way over my head.
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posted by LarrenD
on Dec 20, 2010 -
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Suggestions for text analysis tools, please! Following a short discussion in the Metatalk infodump thread with
cortex and
iamkimiam, I realized that we'd appreciate suggestions for tools that can analyze text corpora and text files. Thanks!
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posted by carter
on Dec 12, 2010 -
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I'm trying to figure out interesting ways to slice/combine/aggregate a ton of data into useful or interesting statistics. Where do I begin?
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posted by zain
on Dec 11, 2010 -
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I'm trying to do a social media analysis of SiriusXM Satellite Radio. I would like to compare similar type brands. What do think would be some good brands to compare it to. I'm thinking about HBO or MTV? What do you think? Others?
Thanks,
Paul
posted by fightoplankton
on Dec 3, 2010 -
8 answers
Can you help point me to some of the best and most interesting Harry Potter related reading?
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posted by philipy
on Nov 30, 2010 -
16 answers
Is it a reasonable reading of the film version of Fight Club to say that Marla Singer is another projection of the narrator's neurosis, and that she doesn't exist?
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posted by codacorolla
on Nov 8, 2010 -
11 answers
Short and sweet: where can I find thoughtful and clear pro and con arguments about the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act? I'm trying to understand both the act itself, and the political, social and economic impact of passing or not passing this into law, but much of what I've read feels slanted.
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posted by anitanita
on Nov 2, 2010 -
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What books do you recommend for learning more about the "how" of intelligence analysis?
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posted by bfranklin
on Oct 21, 2010 -
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John Mcphee wrote about a nifty custom word processor in
Wired 7.01 that allowed him to code his notes and reassemble them by topic. What other cool, specialized word processors do you know about?
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posted by mecran01
on Oct 9, 2010 -
12 answers
Recommendations for thought-provoking books or essay collections that analyze horror movies, please.
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posted by ifjuly
on Aug 17, 2010 -
18 answers
What are some key items to look at when analyizing financials for a potential tenant in a commerical building?
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posted by HollyAnn
on Jul 29, 2010 -
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How can I find out what spectrum of light (and what intensities of the various parts of the spectrum) are emitted by various types of light bulbs?
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posted by brenton
on Jul 10, 2010 -
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Tell me about cultural differences in your workplace. How do German, English, Chinese, Nigerian, or Tazmanian workers differ when attacking a problem, reporting status, dealing with subordinates or drinking on the job? Use this
infographic as inspiration. Are certain cultures more effective than others on a shop floor versus a trading floor? I understand this question flirts with stereotypes and baked-in cultural bias. I get it, but that is what makes organizational dynamics so......dynamic. Pointing to a
study that says Latin American's have a higher
power distance than Germans is a great answer. Saying that the French aren't productive because they take all of August off is probably not as good.
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posted by jasondigitized
on Apr 29, 2010 -
11 answers
what are the modern or post-modern approaches to historical analysis?
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posted by TMezz
on Mar 24, 2010 -
6 answers
Will
Weft QDA help me do what I want to do (that is, perform a content analysis of threaded discussion transcripts with multiple coders)? If not what will? An impoverished grad student needs to know!
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posted by activitystory
on Feb 21, 2010 -
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Is there a financial software program that would be able to break down a company's quarterly or annual financial report so the information would be more understandable for a layman? I am seeking to enter numbers into this software package and have the software analysis the company financial strength.
posted by Mckoan1
on Feb 12, 2010 -
2 answers
Testing hair for heavy metals and minerals. Is this some kind of quackery or does it actually mean something?
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posted by backwords
on Jan 8, 2010 -
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Any programs that can analyze and tag individual MP3 files that have NO metadata? I have a pile of untagged files, and so far no joy.
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posted by mojoworkin
on Dec 19, 2009 -
8 answers
What interesting statistical information can I dig out of this medical billing data?
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posted by neilkod
on Nov 19, 2009 -
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I need some suggestions for data analysis and displaying trending information. At the moment I'm doing this with a huge amount of Excel pivote tables. The goal is to highlight increasing trends and top hitters in some sort of (semi)automated way. The catch is that the data is pretty deep. For example, say I have a metric for "server rebooted for unknown reason"(which, by the way, is one of 50 things measured)...I'd like to also see the break down by server type and then by, say, location and then to see it by week.
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posted by Spumante
on Oct 26, 2009 -
6 answers
I'm exhausted from trying to understand the working environment at a new job, and hoping the hive mind can help me figure out how to become better at this job.
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posted by soft and hardcore taters
on Sep 27, 2009 -
19 answers
Lots of interrelated data, little idea of how to analyze it. What method or type of software is best for collecting complex information for future analysis?
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posted by newlyminted
on Aug 20, 2009 -
6 answers
Dotcom revenue statistics for dummies. I'm trying to get my head around how stats like revenue/page view, revenue/unique user, etc. are calculated and used.
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posted by xiaolongbao
on Mar 27, 2009 -
1 answer
Question about nutrition information - For products like pickles and olives, which are usually packaged in jars with brine, does the total sodium content listed on the facts (amount per serving x number of servings) include the amount in the liquid?
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posted by captain cosine
on Mar 21, 2009 -
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I'm looking for a website and video that described a man who wrote some software that radically remixed video.
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posted by mildred-pitt
on Mar 3, 2009 -
2 answers
How do i use Michael Porter's value chain analysis for an airline company (not aircraft)?
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posted by red_rika
on Dec 19, 2008 -
2 answers
I recently read the short story "Buried Talents" by Richard Matheson (of "I Am Legend" fame (
Amazon link). What does it mean?
Short summary: a strange man is uncannily successful at beating a carnival game; when he leaves, the man running the game (who had been getting flustered), appears very ill.
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posted by bangitliketmac
on Nov 29, 2008 -
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I'd like to figure out how to do good looking data visualization for reports beyond Excel charts, but without any coding/programming skills except xhtml/css.
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posted by icarus
on Nov 20, 2008 -
12 answers
Help me find some shot-by-shot breakdowns and analysis of famous movie scenes, with examples of the shots!
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posted by Cool Papa Bell
on Oct 10, 2008 -
7 answers
Principal components factor analysis and scale construction (filter) again.
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posted by proj
on Aug 18, 2008 -
13 answers
Statistics Filter: Finding the top 10% from thousands of data points. Bonus question: inflection point value.
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posted by lrivers
on Aug 7, 2008 -
4 answers
Is there a differentiable function f(x) such that the derivative is nowhere continuous? That is, f'(x) has no point of continuity?
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posted by thrako
on Aug 1, 2008 -
16 answers
Are there any good website where they analyze a movie thoroughly just as though you are in a film class (from cinematic, philosophical, psychological, etc. perspectives)?
posted by clueless22
on Jul 25, 2008 -
7 answers
How do we know what makes up a gemstone? And did people know in the previous centuries when (I assume) these techniques weren't around
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posted by Large Marge
on Jul 5, 2008 -
6 answers
Looking for a general background/framework within which to define the more technical aspects of a textual analysis project, as well as interesting examples of computer-driven textual analysis.
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posted by signal
on Jun 20, 2008 -
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Say a large web based company like Amazon or eBay wants to roll out a major new feature but first needs to perform a cost benefit analysis. What's the process used to forecast the benefits?
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posted by gfrobe
on May 26, 2008 -
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