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O*NET detailed work activityAnalyze operational data to evaluate operations, processes or products
AI-readyCrunch the numbers
13 jobs14 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 (10 AI-ready, 3 AI-assist, 1 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Analyze control or survey data to ensure adherence to project specifications or land survey standards.
- Analyze system performance or operational requirements.
- Design or evaluate human work systems, using human factors engineering and ergonomic principles to optimize usability, cost, quality, safety, or performance.
- Analyze performance of vehicles or components that have been redesigned to increase fuel efficiency, such as camless or dual-clutch engines or alternative types of air-conditioning systems.
- Conduct user research to determine design requirements and analyze user feedback to improve design quality.
- Correlate, interpret, and modify data obtained from topographical surveys, well logs, and geophysical prospecting reports.
- Perform diagnostic analyses of processing steps, using analytical or metrological tools, such as microscopy, profilometry, or ellipsometry devices.
- Analyze radio frequency identification device (RFID)-related supply chain data.
- Perform hydraulic analyses of water supply systems or water distribution networks to model flow characteristics, test for pressure losses, or to identify opportunities to mitigate risks and improve operational efficiency.
- Analyze new medical procedures to forecast likely outcomes.
- Analyze the efficiency of water delivery structures, such as dams, tainter gates, canals, pipes, penstocks, or cofferdams.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Monitor and evaluate survey progress and performance, using sample disposition reports and response rate calculations.
- Investigate or resolve operational problems, such as material use variances or bottlenecks.
- Analyze incident data to identify trends in injuries, illnesses, accidents, or other hazards.