And there's a growing number of companies that now offer to collect huge amounts of data and analyse it as a service, with the promise of helping businesses find nuggets of information that give them a competitive advantage in their markets.
Universities ask students to analyse newspaper articles as part of their entrance exams.
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She feared there had not been time to analyse who would "lose out" as a result of the government's proposed changes.
These gatherings brought together participants, facilitators, local public authorities, religious leaders and staff from the Ministry of Education and AAEA to discuss, analyse and the track progress of the circles, as well as to identify flaws, gaps, provide ideas for further improvements and assess the benefits for the persons involved.
As a matter of fact, whether you analyse the cases of Enron, the old Barings Bank, Lehman or the Royal Bank of Scotland, similar conclusions would be drawn.
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The systems include laser scanners, haptic handles and gloves, a vibrating seat, lights, smart helmet-cameras and radar as well as a pannier full of the electronics that analyse data gathered by the sensors and pump out warnings.
The analysis would examine Scotland's existing arrangements and position as part of the UK. It would also analyse, where possible, some of the potential implications of independence.
Practice performances are rarely the most reliable guide to race results as most teams use Friday's sessions to analyse and assess any developments and modifications they have made to their cars.
Follow-up regularly aspects of the HR Strategy related to career-development, such as career support services, coaching, assessment tools and analyse progress and make recommendations.
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Professor Klein is a historian and, as such, he makes little effort to explain or analyse the underlying economic causes of either the crash or the depression that followed it.
International organisations such as the Cochrane Collaboration are working on better ways to analyse, package and present the results of clinical trials to both doctors and patients, so that those results can be put into practice.
Nor does he analyse how hedge-fund performance compares with other asset classes, such as private equity.
The accounting version will analyse whether a company "sticks out from the pack" in areas such as accruals, which are non-cash entries that can be manipulated by management.
It means gathering traffic and referral data, which allows you to analyse the success of each publicity campaign and channel individually, leading to savings as under-performing channels are dropped.
That is when we will analyse the match on video and look at the things we have to work on as well as pick out the things we did well.
Which should come as little surprise to anyone familiar with game theory, a tool used to analyse the cold war's arms race and a favourite, perhaps not coincidentally, of Europe's trade commissioner, Pascal Lamy.
But after using x-rays to analyse the original drawings underneath, conservators have concluded the work was carried out at the same time as Leonardo's original.
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