In some cases, we see the design of data markers being used to combine the representation of additional data variables beyond the geographical positioning.
LaKind and Goodman wrote they excluded survey respondents who omitted their age, body mass, smoking behavior or other variables to keep the data consistent.
The team of astronomers is using data from the VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea programme (VVV), one of six public surveys carried out with VISTA. The data have been used to create a monumental 108 200 by 81 500 pixel colour image containing nearly nine billion pixels.
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The app relies on a combination of collaborative filtering and the parsing of data about the ingredients, cooking methods and other variables that comprise a dish into linked and relational data.
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It would be useful to have data on other demographic variables to relate to expenditures.
Using historical price data along with other variables, SeatGeek uses a private algorithm to forecast whether a ticket will rise or fall in price.
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The company charges a near-usurious 18% to 36% on 3-to-18-month loans, approving and rejecting applicants in a matter of minutes based on cash flow, online sentiment and public-records data, among other variables.
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They analyzed the data to find correlations between these variables.
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So while there are just two variables in the strategy, a lot of data is contained in those two numbers, giving a pretty well-rounded look at a company and its shares.
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So one of the data sets I will make available is variables and measurements from hundreds of thousands of Mars craters that have been mapped.
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While a traditional database, even a very big one, allows for only the simplest, most repetitive queries, a data warehouse is multidimensional, allowing for data to be analyzed using hundreds of variables simultaneously.
PayScale, a Seattle data firm, examines the links between pay and variables like colleges and majors.
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Analysing vast quantities of data in order to dig out unpredictable relationships between variables.
Forgitit households are monitored for energy usage and their efficiency is calculated based upon different variables such as the square footage of the home, and all the data is put toward a greater energy consumption metric.
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Roadway data (lane width and curve radius) and information about environmental variables (traffic, lighting, and weather conditions) will also be collected.
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Using data-crunching skills polished at Google, Merrill says ZestFinance analyzes 70, 000 variables to create a finely tuned risk profile of every borrower that goes far beyond the bounds of traditional credit scoring.
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There are differences and trends with CRU data before the late 1970s and again around the mid-1960s that should include other variables that are calculated.
In contrast with more sophisticated statistical analyses, which require laborious research to correlate voting patterns with variables such as race, wealth or historical precedent, Dr Mebane's test can be applied to data without further ado.
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