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20 ISMOR DATA: Presentations and Syndicate Exercises

20 ISMOR DATA: Presentations and Syndicate Exercises. Introduction by Roger Forder on behalf of Geoff Hawkins. Today’s Programme. 1000 - 1030 Introduction 1030 - 1300 Presentations 1300 - 1400 Lunch 1400 - 1500 Presentations 1500 - 1530 Tea 1530 - 1630 Syndicate Exercises x 3

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20 ISMOR DATA: Presentations and Syndicate Exercises

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  1. 20 ISMORDATA:Presentations and Syndicate Exercises Introduction by Roger Forder on behalf of Geoff Hawkins

  2. Today’s Programme • 1000 - 1030 Introduction • 1030 - 1300 Presentations • 1300 - 1400 Lunch • 1400 - 1500 Presentations • 1500 - 1530 Tea • 1530 - 1630 Syndicate Exercises x 3 • 1630 - 1800 Syndicate Feedback

  3. Accepted Wisdom • Poor data results in poor studies - data are important. • Data are expensive to acquire, so do so only once. • Data are often required by more than one person. • Data are easy to store. • Data retrieval is cheaper than data collection. • Use of common data gives consistency. • Data management is a good thing.

  4. Hawkins’s Propositions • If you collect all of the data that is available you can not store and retrieve it. • There is no way to store data that makes retrieval easy. • The data that is stored is never quite what you want. • It is easier to obtain your own data than use a database. • You can never trust the data in databases. • Data management is an expensive overhead

  5. Forder’s Reminder • ‘Data’ come in all shapes and sizes: • The maintenance demands of the Warrior AFV as recorded in Gulf War II • Six months of reports and signals from a brigade HQ in Kosovo • Trials results for an in-service weapon • The expected performance of the weapons carried by JSF when it enters service • Output from a low-level combat model for a range of circumstances • The bad guy’s order of battle in 2015 • etc, etc

  6. Syndicate Topics • Red • It is impossible to manage data collection from real operations - discuss. • Green • Raw data should not be stored - only collated and analysed data is of any value - discuss. • Blue • What is the minimum level of data review that analysts should conduct before a study?

  7. Syndicate Composition • Red Organiser: George Rose Recorder: Ian Mitchell • Green Organiser: Miles Hunt Recorder: Simon Purton • Blue Organiser: Terry Hooper Recorder: Jason Field

  8. Syndicate Rules • Organisers appoint a chairman and spokesman (volunteers get drinks paid for all evening by other syndicate members) • Organisers makes sure that progress is made • Chairs should ensure that nobody dominates • All views are valid • Disagreements are a good thing

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