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| last edited by BillSeitz on Feb 7, 2008 9:48 pm |
typical distribution curve of any set of [Large Numbers]
W Edwards Deming challenged the standard drawing of conclusions from a Bell Curve with a game of chance played by many players - the results would make a Bell Curve - did that mean that some were "better" at the game than others?
this creates a ZeroSum game
thus, he was against grading in Educating Kids
some related discussion of his management points
Sept'2007: I was surprised to see Jim Mc Carthy support a "forced normal distribution" in evaluating employees.
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