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I'll take a heaping of door number one with a dash of the second. Alone, the raw data approach is enough to tell you that you're on the right track, while the go with your instincts position is not enough to tell you anything in and of itself. Sticking to the raw data model but attempting to intuitively discern underlying currents and reasons for the shifts in the data and incorporating those into future direction is the ultimate sweet spot.