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O*NET detailed work activityAnalyze operational or research data
AI-readyCrunch the numbers
7 jobs8 tasks
Paste a spreadsheet or table and ask AI to find trends, outliers and totals, or to write the formula you need. It's like having an analyst on call.
Part of Analyze data to improve operations, under the O*NET work activity group Analyzing Data or Information. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (7 AI-ready, 1 AI-assist, 0 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Compute and analyze data, using statistical formulas and computers or calculators.
- Analyze research data to determine its significance, using computers.
- Analyze data to determine premium rates required and cash reserves and liabilities necessary to ensure payment of future benefits.
- Analyze or manipulate bioinformatics data using software packages, statistical applications, or data mining techniques.
- Analyze data to determine answers to questions from customers or members of the public.
- Conduct quality analyses of data inputs and resulting analyses or predictions.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Compile and analyze test information to determine process or equipment operating efficiency or to diagnose malfunctions.
- Collect and analyze data, such as studying old records, tallying the number of outpatients entering each day or week, or participating in federal, state, or local population surveys as a Census Enumerator.