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Tuesday, December 27, 2005

WPost Ombudsman Points to DOD Recruits Data Debate to Show Importance of Understanding Numbers' Context

Drat! In all the holiday hub-bub, I missed this excellent column Sunday by Ombudsman Deborah Howell of The Washington Post on the vital importance of context is assessing the data at the center of debate on DOD recruitment.

posted by Mark Tapscott @ 9:04 AM