I would call it 'parsing'.. but it may be that your question was looking for a more comprehensive answer
patterns
Patterns
I think they look for trends or patterns in the data.
Gregor Mendel was one of the first scientists to use numbers to look for patterns in experimental data.Gregor Mendel was one of the first scientists to use number to look for patterns in experimental data.
Gregor Mendel was one of the first scientists to use numbers to look for patterns in experimental data.Gregor Mendel was one of the first scientists to use number to look for patterns in experimental data.
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Inductive
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