White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Tuesday that he would not provide "a play-by-play analysis" until a White House review of the Katrina response was complete.
In the second phase, on-balance-volume and relative performance analysis play a primary role, though other technical tools are often also used.
The sophisticated analysis comes into play when the pillow compares the previous night's movements to your regular sleep patterns (using its impressive ability to identify the bigger of two numbers), and if you had a more restless night than usual, it helpfully suggests that you try to squeeze in a nap or two during the day.
Natural language-processing experts, visualization and integration engineers, and product managers also play a role in the data analysis chain.
Analysis of the pressures at play in the top kill procedure may help reveal who was right.
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In a recent Charts in Play column, I reviewed the monthly OBV analysis on the gold futures contract as it has been making new highs with prices since 2002.
This analysis concludes that the United States must play an active, engaged leadership role if the considerable positive potential of a unified, democratic Germany is to be realized.
Where Bert Danner falters in his analysis is in assuming that the mobile platform battle will play out like desktop computing, where network effects yielded near monopoly-level dominance to Microsoft.
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This type of analysis does not adhere to strict rules, but it does play an important role in determining whether a stock is merely cheap or a bargain.
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Any sort of statistical historical analysis is fraught with danger, given the market's proven reluctance to play by the rules.
According to a new study unveiled by the Unum insurance company at the Protect 2011 symposium titled Financial Security for Working Americans: An Economic Analysis of Insurance Products in Workplace Benefits Programs, Americans at all income levels play fast and loose with their ability to support themselves over the long term.
Taking advantage of the crunching power of SiSense and the free offer to play, Dave Feinleib and the team at The Big Data Group has just released their analysis of the state of the venture capital industry.
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There is another factor at play here, though, and it is no less important: The Yankees merge traditional scouting with quantitative analysis at the pro level as well as any team in baseball.
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