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A proprietary study is an effort of deriving new insights from publicly accessible or self collected data on a certain topic by systematically analyzing the available data. It usually contains | A proprietary study is an effort of deriving new insights from publicly accessible or self collected data on a certain topic by systematically analyzing the available data. It usually contains | ||
* an study objective | |||
* a description of definitions | |||
* a methodology description incl. descriptions of steps taken, sample sizes etc. | |||
* main findings | |||
* reconciliations of our findings with other publicly available data and findings | |||
* closing thoughts and assessments incl. on the reliability of the new insights. | |||
== Principles == | == Principles == | ||
* Accuracy. The study has to be granular and contain informations about the solidity of it's evidence and conclusions. It has to make a positive contributions to the accuracy of the overall picture. | * Accuracy. The study has to be granular and contain informations about the solidity of it's evidence and conclusions. It has to make a positive contributions to the accuracy of the overall picture. | ||
* Accessibility. It just be easily possible for a unrelated third party reader to comprehend and reconstruct the study | * Transparency. We want to avoid appearing authoritative or avoid the unrealistic appearance of 100% truth and objectivity. Instead we want to be very transparent about our process, thoughts, way of working. That is in line with our key [[Our Values#We are transparent|transparency]] value. | ||
* Accessibility. It just be easily possible for a unrelated third party reader to comprehend and reconstruct the study. Therefore explanations have to be sufficiently easy and clear to understand for newcomers. | |||
* Inviting. We want to invite others to challenge our thoughts or contribute to them. | |||
* Evolving. By being accurate, transparent, accessible and inviting our goal is to build ever evolving models that reflect reality increasingly better. This is in line with our [[Our Values#We strive for excellence|strive for excellence]] value. | |||
== References == | |||
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