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data set .
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"This dataset is available to managers, to conservation groups or even to individuals who want to know what sorts of animals live near them in the ocean."
Decade-long Study Reveals Thousands of New Marine Species 2010
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Since the dataset is so small, I compiled it myself by looking at the wikipedia pages and nobel autobiographies of the winners.
Two Cowenian Tenure Claims, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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If the dataset is big enough, it also can't be opened in any old spreadsheet software.
Memetic Suicide, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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We assemble a rich dataset from the largest and most comprehensive online male sex worker website to estimate the effect of information on pricing.
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To answer this question, over the past year we have gathered what we believe to be the largest dataset from a social bookmarking site yet analyzed by academic researchers.
New Tech Report: Can Social Bookmarking Improve Web Search? « ResourceShelf 2007
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To have your data skewed by a factor of 130: 1 for 2 sites in the top. 001% of your dataset is beyond laughable.
Alexa tries to convince people they are actually useful « The Paradigm Shift 2006
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So, with Flickr in mind, contacts (and sometimes people you don't know) are little periwinkle snails ... moving through all your sewage, and cleaning, cleaning, cleaning, until your dataset is more useful than just a big old dump (of photos).
Poetic. 2004
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So, with Flickr in mind, contacts (and sometimes people you don't know) are little periwinkle snails ... moving through all your sewage, and cleaning, cleaning, cleaning, until your dataset is more useful than just a big old dump (of photos).
Archive 2004-10-01 2004
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The NACRS dataset is coded using ICD-10 codes, so we identified assault injuries by an entry in the range between X85-Y09 inclusive.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Michael Cusimano et al. 2010
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The shorter dataset is simply being used to provide a means of spatially interpolating the long-term dataset in a 'smart' way.
RealClimate 2009
bilby commented on the word dataset
"By aggregating a range of public and commercial datasets, including global addressing and Directory Enquiries, voter databases, commercial data and documentation including dates of birth, and voice-based verification solutions, 192.com Business Services delivers the most comprehensive global online ID verification solution available."
- 192.com
July 6, 2008