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Originally Posted by KurtVH
Originally Posted by
cordelli
...They really couldn't get somebody to go through the last few years of reports and put the numbers into a worksheet?
Yes, they got IdeaWorks to do it.
That's what consulting firms do. Same goes for much of "research" also-compilation of existing data, a few simple calculations, wirh some bar graphs amd pie charts thrown it to support a conclusion, not necessary thr most compelling one. That's why people don't trust statistics.
This is quite unlike reasearch in sicences and engineerng, which leads to development of new ideas and products, sometimes a whole new industry -- transistors to IC's, CPU's,GPU's and all kinds of specialised procesors, as well as varios types of memory and SSD. The list is endless.