On 1/23/2009 11:46 AM, Mak, Timothy wrote:
The business manager merely needs to choose the graph that he understands, that he can communicate to whoever he needs to.
He doesn't need to care whether the assumptions of the analyses are correct.
Wow! That's really radical!
If you don't care whether the assumptions are correct (and hence whether
the analyses are valid), why do you need any analyses or data in the
first place? Just make up any good looking graph that you like and go
with it.
(You = your hypothetical manager)
:)
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