Statistics are good; I believe essential to good risk decision-making. But just as in expert witness testimony, I think statistics serve us better when we reference who and however the data were paid for, and then examine the situation in which the study was motivated within.
This is NOT an indictment of any system or individual; (in fact, if there is an indictment, I would first serve my own motivations up for inspection so as to substantiate whether my context is motivated, misplaced or ill-founded), The purpose behind full disclosure is to obtain the information in a context of as much authenticity as is reasonably possible. The members of this forum do this. Our titles and our employer statements are another witness. scot deal excelsior fire (independent fire professional, receiving no money from any private sector corporate-entity greater than 25 persons) _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://fireball.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
