G
where you are depends on which dataset you look at ...
The information in the magazine is sort of useful.
Similar to how useful a 3-inch brush is for working on a paint-by-number picture.
If you are an ASQ member and have access to them, the online data tables go into much greater detail for the USA, and nearly as much for Canada. The USA is broken down into nine regions for separate analysis, and a number of major metropolitan areas are also handled separately.
If I look at the data in the magazine, there is a big gap between the mean and my paycheck. If I look at the online data the gap is smaller (in 9 of 10 ways of slicing it). Now you just have to guess which side of the mean my paycheck is on ...
(back after being away for too long,)
Graeme
The information in the magazine is sort of useful.
If you are an ASQ member and have access to them, the online data tables go into much greater detail for the USA, and nearly as much for Canada. The USA is broken down into nine regions for separate analysis, and a number of major metropolitan areas are also handled separately.
If I look at the data in the magazine, there is a big gap between the mean and my paycheck. If I look at the online data the gap is smaller (in 9 of 10 ways of slicing it). Now you just have to guess which side of the mean my paycheck is on ...
(back after being away for too long,)
Graeme
