A shrewd observer, Wilson simply enjoyed detecting trends and placing himself at the centre of them.

The concept is to use fresh statistics to quickly detect and map concentrations and trends in crimes.

Despite increased research on interventions in childbirth the information needed to describe current practice and detect trends is lacking.

Set up an error-tracking system to detect patterns and trends.

Weather varies considerably from day to day and year to year, making it hard to detect trends over time.

This enables it to detect trends of human rights abuses, and the reasons behind these trends.

She studies all this information to detect events and trends that might push prices up or down.

Such data can be of positive use in detecting local trends and issues, as was seen in Chapter 2.

Among other things, these databases are used to detect geographical and temporal trends in the state of the environment.

Also, measurement techniques have greatly improved in recent decades, making it difficult to compare data and detect trends.