Performance Analysis · Method · Component
The approach
How the question will be answered — matched to whether it is descriptive, comparative or causal.
The deliverable
What it is
Three kinds of question require three kinds of method. Descriptive questions need counting; comparative ones need a fair comparison; causal ones need an experiment or a careful identification argument.
Most business questions are causal and most business data is observational, which is the central difficulty of the whole object.
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What it is made of
Each element is a constituent part of the component. Follow one to see the attributes it carries.
The question type
Whether the question is descriptive, comparative or causal.
3 attributes: Type · Phrased as · Requires experiment
LearnThe data used
What data the analysis rests on.
3 attributes: Source · Completeness · Filters applied
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A design that cannot be described in three sentences is usually one that has not been thought through.