Articles

Short analyses of the sample data our actors return. Each one states its sample size and limits, and links to the script that computes the figures.

• 8 of 40 sampled job postings state a salary
  A count of salary ranges in 40 job postings pulled from eight career sites on eight different applicant tracking systems.
• One day of SEC Form D filings: 50 filings, median offering $2,498,312
  What fifty Form D filings from a single filing date say about offering size, how much was sold and who files.
• What is in a city council agenda feed: 28 of 60 rows are procedure
  A count of procedural lines versus legislative matters in 60 agenda rows from Seattle and Denver, and which fields are filled.
• What tech detection finds on 11 well-known sites: 86 detections
  A tally of the technologies, categories and servers detected on eleven public sites, plus one deliberately broken domain.
• How complete is our own sample data: 83.5% of fields filled across 24 files
  Field coverage computed over all 24 sample CSVs: how many columns are fully filled, how many are empty, and how contact fields compare.