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Subject:Re: More/Less Accurate/Complete From:jlshaeffer -at- aol -dot- com To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Wed, 21 May 2008 11:15:07 -0400
Except, that when dealing with real world measurements, there is no such thing as "absolutely correct." Measurements can only be made to a certain degree of precision, and one must be careful how to treat those measurements in the ensuing mathematics. A result that is expressed with more precision than the original measurements is misleading.
Also, there are many cases where one can have numbers that are "good enough" for certain decisions, but could enable more finely tuned decisions if one could acquire more numbers.? Many business decisions fall into this area where is the fundamental question is "do we have enough data to make a good decision?" and not "do we have complete data?"
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I don't like the whole idea ... tell them how to make it absolutely
correct, not tell them ho to get "warmer".
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