Systems and Improvement

Dr. W. E. Deming was fond of saying in his seminars, “This diagram was on the wall in Japan.”  Deming, an esteemed statistician who is perhaps best known for his work in Japan, later made systems thinking one of the four parts of what he call the System of Profound Knowledge, profound, he said, because [...]

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Posted Under: Deming,General Management,Statistical Thinking
This post was written by John on April 12, 2008 Comments (1)

Animated Time-Series

I recently was in contact with a site that specializes in baseball statistics (Bill James’s Organization) and the fellow with whom I was in contact suggested a take a look at a unique graphics presentation.  I did look and was amazed with what I saw.  You can see it here. Dr. Rosling’s energy and enthusiasm [...]

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Posted Under: Research Methods,Scientific Thinking,Statistical Thinking
This post was written by John on April 9, 2008 Comments (0)