Exploratory

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Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) is an approach/philosophy for data analysis that employs a variety of techniques (mostly graphical) to 1. maximize insight into a data set; 2. uncover underlying structure; 3. extract important variables; 4. detect outliers and anomalies; 5. test underlying assumptions; 6. develop parsimonious models; and 7. determine optimal factor settings.

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Capability100%manual revieweval-seeds-v0.4-2026-05-14

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OVERRIDE Process→Capability. 'an approach/philosophy for data analysis that employs'.

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plural: Exploratories
possessive: Exploratory's
pluralpossessive: Exploratories'

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