This is why some clubs are still really relying on subjective data collected, which is so closely linked to the club philosophy.

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Not to slight the excellent physicians whose views shaped the algorithms developed, but those algorithms are still the product of human minds and their own subjective interpretations of limited data, laced with significant biases.

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Ricardo is building a database linking these subjective ratings to actual physical performance data.

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So, as much as possible before the review team launches in, cull down the data set by employing objective criteria, subjective criteria (search methodology) and concept-searching software.

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Power and Consumer Reports ratings are not an exact science--much of their data is based on questionnaires and surveys, an inherently subjective game.

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The figures we collate are a mixture of hard data, such as salary and faculty qualifications, and the subjective marks given by the school's students, such as a rating of their school's facilities.

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Data and rational analysis offer the hope that we can be less subjective in our consideration of alternatives and potential courses of action, thereby freeing us from the many biases we bring to the table.

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The alarmists make spectacular claims, supported merely by speculation and subjective predictions, that global warming is causing all sorts of horrible crises, while the objective data show exactly the opposite is happening in the real world.

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My hope is that data scientists, with the help of the technology now available to them, will make subjective lists a thing of the past and give us real information utility.

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