Chapter 10: Modeling Data

According to the book, analysts will prepare information, and _________ will mostly consume it.

Overview of the analysis process: (1) Understand data, (2) Condense and organize data, (3) Interpret, (4) Validate, (5) _________.

_______ _______ analysis, is focusing on understanding what your heard and saw with one individual at a time.

________ ________ analysis, involves grouping and comparing the individual cases to identify trends and behavior patterns.

For design, the richest form of cross-case analysis results in ________.

A ________ is a description that helps people understand and communicate about observed behavior.

According to the book, a certain amount of _______ about project scale or timeframe is normal.

________ reasoning starts with an existing general principle/hypothesis and compares the data to it.

________ reasoning involves trying to derive a general principle from specific data.

While it's not a good idea to force your data into a simile or __________ , you might find yourself using one to describe a process, place, role, or mindset.

Social scientists begin simple-case analysis by categorizing each comment or observation. This is called _________.

The process in which insight generally comes from comparing variables in a table, (such as age vs. attitude, or geography vs. access to services).

The whole point of modeling is to make sense of your data so you and the stakeholders can understand and use it to make _______ _______.