Lynette Duncan didn’t expect to spend 20 hours over the past two weeks digging through a mothballed computer system, trying to retrieve admissions data from 2019. Duncan is the director of ...

Minitab, LLC, a global leader in data management, predictive analytics, and process improvement solutions, announced today the acquisition of Scytec, a manufacturing technology company specializing in ...

As state and local governments adjust to the ramifications of the 2025 fiscal year, they’ll need to balance budgetary concerns with the ability to deliver exceptional citizen services. The ability to ...

Back in June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced it was cutting back on some of its data collection, specifically, the kind that helps us understand what prices are looking like for consumers.

Data collection is the process of gathering and measuring information used for research. Collecting data is one of the most important steps in the research process, and is part of all disciplines ...

I pity the fool that gets between me and my lunch – but that’s precisely what the server behind the counter did last time I was at my favorite burger joint. As I placed my order, he asked for my phone ...

This is part of a series of articles inspired by questions from our readers. So thank you to, among others, Tom F, Steve G, Kristof P, Vaageesh T and Matt X, who all asked for a piece on data ...

Data — a word that packs a punch but can be hard to define. Often, we use the word so loosely and generically that we fail to realize what data we need to collect from our fields. For decades, the ...

Collecting and Processing data involves clearly defining “Who or what” you will study or evaluate and “When” you will do so. You should consider the demographic characteristics of your study ...