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    Just as the most precise instruments and controls can't make up for badly installed or broken sensors, uncalibrated instruments, out-of-tune signals and other blurry inputs, data analytics can't be effective if users don't pick and apply appropriate tools guided by specific problems they want to solve or practical goals they want to achieve.
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    Useful and effective data analytics begin with matching the right tools to the right tasks
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    Analytics starts with identifying problems, goals, information sources and formats before insights can be produced
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