Different Problem Types

Making predictions: Using data to making informed decisions about how things may be in the future.

Categorizing things: Grouping data based on common features.

Spotting something unusual: Identifying data that is different from the norm.

Identifying themes: recognizing broader concepts and trends from categorized data.

Discovering connections: Identifying similar challenges across different entities - and using data and insights to find common solutions.

Finding patters: Using historical data about what happened in the past to understand how likely it is to happen again.

Create effective questions - SMART Questions

The SMART methodology: A tool for determining a question’s effectiveness based on whether is is specific, measurable, action-orientated, relevant, and time-bound

Specific question: A question that is simple, significant, and focused on a single topic or a few closely related ideas.

Measurable question: A question whose answers can be quantified and assessed.

Action-oriented question: A question whose answers lead to change.

Relevant question: A question that has significance to the problem to be solved.

Time-bound question: A question that specifies a timeframe to be studied.

There are also some questions that are not effective:

Leading question: A question that steers people toward a certain response

Unfair question: A question that makes assumptions or is difficult to answer honestly