Quotes About Analysis

There may be significant things to learn about people by looking at what annoys them most.

Apply analysis when appropriate, but keep it on a short leash when joy beckons.

You cannot evaluate an insane belief system from within it.

A further subtlety of a histogram which distinguishes it from the bar chart is that the widths of its bars (which correspond to the class intervals) need not all be the same.

Stemplots, sometimes called 'stem-and-leaf' diagrams, can often be used as an alternative to histograms for representing numerical data.

Scattergraphs (sometimes known as scatterplots or scatter diagrams) are useful for representing paired data in such a way that you can more easily investigate a possible relationship between the two things being measured.

Robinson's analysis. People invested in not knowing, not thinking about, certain things in order to have "the pleasure of sharing an attitude one knows is socially approved" will be ecstatic when their instinct for consensus is gratified—and wrathful when it is thwarted.

observers create observations!

Often in business we take decisions based on how we interpret the situation, not being sure of whether the call we have taken will work or not. When it works, we are often taken by surprise. But the world at large demands an explanation.

GDP is the way we measure and compare how well or badly countries are doing. But this is not a question of measuring a natural phenomenon like land mass or average temperature to varying degrees of accuracy. GDP is a made-up entity. The concept dates back only to the 1940s.

It is spiritually healthy to take a need apart, piece by piece, during prayer. Analyze the problem from every angle and then express it as a petition. The more specific and complete the petition, the more faith is generated when we bring it to God.

I am not an adolescent, nor a romantic. I analyze objectively.

And must I, perchance, like careful writers, guard myself against the conclusions of my readers?

I think what coaching is all about, is taking players and analyzing there ability, put them in a position where they can excel within the framework of the team winning. And I hope that I've done that in my 33 years as a head coach.

The suits love their numbers, Malone thinks. This new management breed of cops are like the sabermetrics baseball people. They believe the numbers say it all, and when the numbers don't say what they want them to, they massage them like Koreans on Eighth Avenue until they get a happy ending.

A story tells of Henry Ford's buying scrapped Ford cars and having his engineers disassemble them to see which parts failed and which were still in good shape. Engineers assumed this was done to find the weak parts and make them stronger. Nope. Ford explained that he wanted to find the parts that were still in good shape. The company could save money if they redesigned these parts to fail at the same time as the others.

because I want to discover where, precisely, it may be wrong and, if possible, to repair the defect.

Science is not a theory of reality, but a method of inquiry.

But after a person has been in analysis for nearly four years, it becomes second nature to automatically study and dissect all dreams and dream fragments. With his mind busily seeking the symbolic content of darkness, rubber masks, and strange voices, he couldn't completely lose control, or remain panic-stricken for very long. "Oh," he said, sighing with relief, "it's just the kidnappers.

Once again the historian who wishes to understand this difficult period must try to read between the lines. It

When you see opportunities in your life, you've got to analyze, 'Why was that choice given to me?

Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults.

Life is a life-long assignment that must be constantly analyzed, clarified, figured out, and responded to appropriately.

more successful. After watching the population