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Subject:Re[4]: Gender and tech writing From:"Walker, Arlen P" <Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 26 Jun 1998 11:13:43 -0500
The mean is THE WORST social science stat ever invented. It is mean,
meaningless and unreliable.
Only when it's found traveling without its ever-faithful friend and
sidekick, Standard Deviation.
Have fun,
Arlen
Chief Managing Director In Charge, Department of Redundancy Department
DNRC 224
Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- Com
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In God we trust; all others must provide data.
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