"Do we expect too much from our data?" asks John Allen Paulos, as he cleverly critiques the benefits and biases inherent in the collection of data used in the formation of public policy.
Does that mean that government data asks are not indicative of much at all?
So we can, on held out data, ask how much each of these brain regions responds to the interacting videos versus the independent videos.
Reached by telephone, Lauer said NIH is "absolutely committed to taking steps to combat sexual harassment in science, to implementing all possible steps to halt sexual harassment". On the letter's call to gather as much data as possible, I asked Lauer whether NIH was considering the data we already have from the reports of the targets of sexual harassment, or from studies like Clancy et al. (2014).
Instead of asking how much data we should be capturing and analyzing, we need to look at which information is actually relevant to our goals and challenges.
"I find this fact completely fascinating, because I don't know that anyone has ever asked how much data a living thing truly holds.
Asked about how much data streaming music would consume, Boller says the lowest setting – 24kpbs, the same as radio currently – would consume 10.8MB per hour, which is "much lower" than the 40MB/hour of its competitor services.
It allows users in California, for instance, to think about whether federal agencies like the FBI should be making 281 requests for their data over a six-month period, and push for reform if they think a specific agency is asking for too much data.
The first lesson learned by the register was that, at least in a voluntary registration, it is important to start by not asking for too much data.
On days when I collected data, my supervisor would repeatedly ask me to "get as much data as possible".
