The terms data analysis and data visualization have become synonymous in everyday language in the wider data community, but the two are quite different. Data analysis is an exploratory process ...

Meta-analysis—the quantitative, scientific synthesis of research results—has been both revolutionary and controversial, with rapid advances and broad implementation resulting in substantial ...

Pew Research Center’s Data Labs team uses computational methods to complement and expand on the Center’s existing research agenda. The team collects text, audiovisual and behavioral datasets; uses ...

This paper considers the use of secondary data analysis in educational research. It addresses some of the promises and potential pitfalls that influence its use and explores a possible role for the ...

Which matters more when making decisions: analysis or process? Given my analytics background, for most of my career I’ve tried to convince people they should make decisions based on data, rather ...

Process analysis includes analyzing these data and using the results to identify ways to improve customer service. This illustrates the importance of data analysis in process examination.

Research on data provided by 122 companies in the advertising, digital, publishing, and software sectors (industries characterized by uncertainty over outcomes) suggests that data driven decision ...

Mediation is a complex social process which facilitates interpersonal, intergroup, and international negotiations. However, at present, neither the nature nor the potential of mediation is adequately ...

Focus Groups And Surveys The process of industry analysis can also entail conducting primary research through focus groups and surveys.