Disarray to Dataset

Thomas Cleff
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Thomas Cleff: Pforzheim University

Chapter 2 in Exploratory Data Analysis in Business and Economics, 2014, pp 13-22 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Let us begin with the first step of the intelligence cycle: data collection. Many businesses gather crucial information – on expenditures and sales, say – but few enter it into a central database for systematic evaluation. The first task of the statistician is to mine this valuable information. Often, this requires skills of persuasion: employees may be hesitant to give up data for the purpose of systematic analysis, for this may reveal past failures.

Keywords: Natural Unit; Ordinal Scale; Statistical Unit; Nominal Scale; Relevant Trait (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-01517-0_2

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