TY  - BOOK
AU  - Few,Stephen
TI  - Signal: understanding what matters in a world of noise 
SN  - 9781938377051
AV  - QA76.9.D343 F49 2015
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - Burlingame, California
PB  - Analytics Press
KW  - Data mining
KW  - Statistical methods
KW  - Data warehousing
KW  - Signal detection
KW  - Information visualization
N1  - Includes index; Introduction --
Part 1. Get to know the land. Survey the land --
Variation within categories --
Variation within measures --
Variation across space --
Variation through time --
Relationships among measures --
Relationships among categories --
Relationships among multiple variables and perspectives . Part 2. Watch over the land. Install signal sensors --
Envision the land at its best --
Document the land --
Monitor the land for signals
N2  - "In Signal, Stephen Few provides the straightforward, practical instruction in everyday signal detection that has been lacking until now. Using data visualization methods, he teaches how to apply statistics to gain a comprehensive understanding of one's data and adapts the techniques of Statistical Process Control in new ways to detect not just changes in the metrics but also changes in the patterns that characterize data."--Publisher's description
ER  -