Each point of data added clarity to an emerging picture of disaster.
The point of data is to refine our intuition, but, at the same time, a great deal of intuition is needed to make sense of any data.
He says: "It brings together all the nursing information from a ward, it's a single point of data entry and once it's electronic it can be shared.
Jonathan Leeder, physiologist at the English Institute of Sport explains that increasing the probability of success by finding areas for marginal gains is the whole point of data analysis.
For instance, Coleman's use of "U" for "you" would be of no use in a pool of text messages, but as an unusual abbreviation in an e-mail it becomes another point of data.
Lord Myners said it was clear that the RBS directors took their decision on Sir Fred's pension without a "single point of data" on the costs.
That's the point of data".
But he kept coming back to this point of data as a competitive weapon.
In fact, at the point of data, the estimated value and the data value are equivalent.
At the cutoff point of data collection, 73 patients had completed treatment and were eligible.
New parameters must also be created regarding what information is gathered about individuals at the point of data collection.
