While data publishers often have initial research problems in mind for their data, they might also hope that their data will ultimately be used to study entirely different, unforeseen problems.
The woman in the street could, if scientifically minded, look for data to see if the NHS is improving or falling apart.
The obvious outcome of such trends, of course, would be mind-boggling growth for data storage products and, more to EMC's point, full-scale storage systems intelligent enough to support the Internet's need for constant access to data.
As for whether companies mind their data being used for this reports, apparently it's allowed by Mixpanel's terms of service.
Informed consent was obtained from the patients for use of anonymous MIND data for research purposes.
Whilst the XmR chart was originally formulated with time-series data in mind, its use has been advocated for data in which there is logical comparability but no inherent ordering of the data, provided the order in which the data is placed is not determined by the data themselves [ 4].
The suitably detailed simulation model has been designed with flexibility, ease-of-use and lack of data in mind for developing country conditions.
Another important aspect of implementation has been to ensure that any legal and other collaborative agreements are compatible with the policy by reviewing them with this in mind (for example, material transfer agreements, data transfer/access agreements, research collaboration agreements).
Some strategists make up their minds about the market's direction, then search for data to support their views, Mr. Schermerhorn said, "but Doug just looks at data and interprets what the data seems to be telling him".
