Comments on: Data Management http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/05/data_management.html Overcoming Bias is economist Robin Hanson’s blog, on honesty, signaling, disagreement, forecasting, and the far future. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:09:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Zubon http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/05/data_management.html#comment-419220 Zubon Thu, 17 May 2007 12:25:33 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2007/05/data-management.html#comment-419220 Variant: information is often gathered after decisions are made to justify why a non-data-based decision was made. "I have a general sense that x: get the numbers and write me a report showing that. Make sure you are supportive, since I already sold the project to a senior VP." At other points, the information is defensive, gathered just in case anyone ever asks for justification. Hmm, which looks worse in case of catastrophe: "I made the decision with no/inadequate information" or "I was fully informed but thought that was a good decision"? Variant: information is often gathered after decisions are made to justify why a non-data-based decision was made. “I have a general sense that x: get the numbers and write me a report showing that. Make sure you are supportive, since I already sold the project to a senior VP.” At other points, the information is defensive, gathered just in case anyone ever asks for justification.

Hmm, which looks worse in case of catastrophe: “I made the decision with no/inadequate information” or “I was fully informed but thought that was a good decision”?

]]> By: sakthi http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/05/data_management.html#comment-419219 sakthi Thu, 17 May 2007 07:26:14 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2007/05/data-management.html#comment-419219 Data's are playing considerable roll in decision making process..Like you said, it used for show to others that we are right and updated,but sometimes data's are really helped us to provide enough support to our decisions by the way it'll give lots of confident to us... <a href="http://www.breakdown-cover.net " rel="nofollow">AA Breakdown Cover</a> Data’s are playing considerable roll in decision making process..Like you said, it used for show to others that we are right and updated,but sometimes data’s are really helped us to provide enough support to our decisions by the way it’ll give lots of confident to us…
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]]> By: rcriii http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/05/data_management.html#comment-419218 rcriii Wed, 16 May 2007 16:11:10 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2007/05/data-management.html#comment-419218 Maybe they don't need all the info at any one time, but need differing subsets at different times, so need to collect all the data to ensure that they have it when they need it. Maybe they don’t need all the info at any one time, but need differing subsets at different times, so need to collect all the data to ensure that they have it when they need it.

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