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How to track events in a web service and get statistics about them?
I maintain a web service that handles requests from a mobile app. I want this service to send events to some analytic service, so I can analyze what users do with the app. I was looking for such an ...
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Statistics collection engine for C++ systems
We have a research project with idea->prototype->statistics development cycle.
Anyway, our final product is a prototype, so the statistics collection suite is
not used persistently. Supposing I have ...
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Source for statistic on the effectiveness of Software testing [closed]
Trying to find an authorative source for a statistic on software testing.
Sometime ago I heard this very interesting statement:
Even the best testing technique, executed perfectly, will only find ...
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Most common regex elements [closed]
I have been thinking about a regex tool for beginners. However, regex is a big language with lots of dialects and little tips'n'tricks. Arguably, many of these are unnecessary for a beginner.
I ...
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Randomness of wrapped RNG
There are plenty of questions around regarding random number generation, but I couldn't find anything that exactly matched my question. Apologies if I missed one.
Most random number generators in ...
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Is code that terminates on a random condition guaranteed to terminate?
If I had a code which terminated based on if a random number generator returned a result (as follows), would it be 100% certain that the code would terminate if it was allowed to run forever.
while ...
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Vim and emacs usage/use case/user statistics
I wonder if there are statistical documents/research based on use of the two major text editors, in which amount of usage is compared to use case, be it programming language, industry, user age, OS ...
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Is there a connected graph of the web, connecting sites by similarity or something else? [closed]
For example, one could make a graph that connects site to sites that are linked by it - or that are accessed by the same people. Does that kind of analysis exist? Where, how it is called and how can I ...
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Statistical Software Quality Control References
I'm looking for references about hypothesis testing in software management. For example, we might wonder whether "crunch time" leads to an increase in defect rate - this is a surprisingly difficult ...
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How would I go about measuring the impact an article has on the internet?
For an application of mine, I analyze the sentiment of articles, using NLTK, to display sentiment trends. But right now all articles weigh the same amount. This does not show a very accurate picture ...
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statistics for checking imported data?
I'm working on a data migration of several hundred nodes from a Drupal 6 to a Drupal 7 site. I've got the data exported to the new site and I want to check it. Harkening back to my statistics classes, ...
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Get system info from C program?
I'm writing a little program in C that I want to use to output some system stats to my HD44780 16x2 character display. The system I'll be working with is a Debian ARM system and, although irrelevant, ...
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Programming language trends
Are there some statistics out there that show the approx. number of users that popular programming languages have and the rate this number increases over time?
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why is a naturally ordered set generated at 9 but not 10 digits
code found at: fatal error...Java Runtime Environment: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION
Presuming that the problem indicated above is due to the test app and not due specifically to method ...
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Testing applications with statistical features [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How should I test randomness?
Are their some techniques described for testing applications that have as a requirement some statistical or probabilistic features? They ...
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Impact of Website Redesign on Google Analytics
I just finished a redesign for a website that is currently using Google Analytics. I want to continue to use Google Analytics, but I'm not sure if I should create a new profile for the new site or ...
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What companies hire data scientists? [closed]
What kind of data jobs are there in the software industry for someone with a B.S.
in pure mathematics and a minor in statistics but with little experience in programming?
I want to work on the data ...
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Google Analytics with multiple environments
We are planning to use Google Analytics in our organization and I am in charge for setting it up. I was wondering how to deal with multiple environments. We sure do not want to collect data during ...
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Calculate statistics for web application
I'm planning to add a couple of usage statistics to my web application. Some common things like: registered users, amount of comments/posts, etc. over time (last 24 hours / last week / last month / ...
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what do programmers dealing with data driven/machine learning related programming need?
Given the increasing amount of data generated through different web services ( social network, etc), there are must be more and more programmers who are familiar with machine learning and/or ...
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Statistics of language use per industry [closed]
I was wondering if anybody knows if there have been any surveys or studies with statistics of how much a given programming language is used in a given industry (e.g. % of code written annually per ...
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Where can I get some sample text? [closed]
I am trying to get statistics on 2-character sequence combination frequencies for the English language for a project I'm working on. It's very important that the results are as precise as possible. ...
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Google Analytics and customers privacy
I work in a company that sells SaaS web applications for HR and financial issues. Our customers are key accounts to which we guarantee the privacy of their data, for obvious reasons.
We need to make ...
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What kind of metrics should I collect for a website/web app
I have a website that allows users to register for accounts, login, and renew an annual membership fee. They can also update their personal profile, their personal profile, look at a list of their ...
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Are 70% of programs/business applications/something based in COBOL?
I heard this number and a quick google search reveals a whole lot of touting this number and absolutely zero data (honestly most articles promoting COBOL read like 95% propoganda). Perhaps it's true ...
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Incanter for real world statistical projects
I'm interested in statistical computing. R is a leader platform obviously but what about Incanter?
Incanter is at the top of my list since I'm a Clojure and JVM guy.
Do you have any real world ...
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distribution of programming languages in embedded systems
I am looking for statistics concerning the distribution of programming languages in the embedded sector. Do you know any good websites, articles or books?
I found this as a first reference but am ...
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Learning the rules of chess
A similar question asks whether a computer can learn to play optimally in chess by analyzing thousands of games.
If a machine can look at the state of the board for a few games of chess (or a few ...
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Debugging Facts and Statistics
I'm trying to find a research answering a question: "How much time developers spend on development vs debugging?". I found several interesting links on the Net but they are little too old.
This 2002 ...
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How did they count the number of lines of code executed at runtime?
There was a PC game released in 2001 called Black & White by Lionhead studios in which there was a lengthy statistics page which updated in real-time. There were stats such as how many people ...
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Design: Object method vs separate class's method which takes Object as parameter?
For example, is it better to do:
Pdf pdf = new Pdf();
pdf.Print();
or:
Pdf pdf = new Pdf();
PdfPrinter printer = new PdfPrinter();
printer.Print(pdf);
Another example:
Country m = new ...
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How important would a statistics course be to a software developer?
How important would a statistics course be to a software developer? More specifically given the description:
2510 Statistics for Physical Science Students (F) & (W) examines elements of ...
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Where is this from (originally)?: “80% of the lifetime cost of a piece of software goes to maintenance”
In the Sun Java coding conventions document (here: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/codeconv-138413.html), it states:
"80% of the lifetime cost of a piece of software goes to maintenance"
Does ...
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Social-network, online community, company and job reviews, salaries statistics and much more.. Do we have it? Do we need it?
I have many friends from Ukraine who are programmers. So I found out that they have a web site that collects, organizes and analyzing information about IT companies, which includes location, ...
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Emacs user base size
I wonder if there are estimates of the Emacs user base size, and how it has changed with the advent of new IDEs such as eclipse etc.
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When profiling a function for time use, what information is desirable?
I'm writing a program similar to Python's timeit module. The idea is to time a function by executing it anywhere from 10 to 100,000 times depending on how long it takes and then report results.
I've ...
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Where can I find statistics on worldwide developers and software companies? [closed]
I try to find an answer of a very difficult question. The question is:
How many developers and how many software companies are there in the world?
For example if I check the Statistic Austria ...
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What proportion of programming is done for embedded systems?
What proportion of programming is done for embedded systems? More generally, please share any interesting statistics on programmers by domain, e.g. real-time/business/UI/gaming/…
How you define the ...
