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Kathleen M West's avatar

Lies, damned lies, and statistics.

Your data analysis is only ever as good as the thought and methodology behind data collection. If you're collecting the wrong data or the right data for the wrong reason, your analysis is useless at best.

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cindy cindymcintyre.com's avatar

There's always a balance between what can be measured and what can be observed or intuited. (Reminds me of Special Agent Gibbs, NCIS TV show and his famous "gut instinct.") I'm a fan of Temple Grandin - I heard her years ago on NPS (I think it was a Terry Gross interview) and saw the movie about her. I don't know what you mean by "affiliate link" though. She is an example of how a "disability" is a gift She also learned, from studying how to keep cattle less stressed as they are being led to slaughter, how to soothe herself with a squeeze box. Very enlightening.

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