“Nobody believes the results obtained/presented by a theorist/modeler except the theorist/modeler herself. Everybody believes the data obtained/ presented by an experimentalist except the experimentalist himself."
Saturday, March 27, 2021
Friday, March 19, 2021
DEMING'S (DEMMING"S) RULE
"Deming's Rule" is an aphorism in industrial engineering and management, based on a principle promulgated by engineer and statistician W. Edwards Deming (1900- 1993). His name is sometimes misspelled Demming, and the rule itself is sometimes given incorrectly, as I learned in an online discussion this week.
Basically, Deming's Rule can be stated as, "85% of a worker's effectiveness is determined by the system he/she works within, only 15% by the worker's own skill." It is also often stated as, "85% of the problems/mistakes in the workplace are caused by the management and/or the physical infrastructure, and only 15% are the fault of the workers themselves." It is also sometimes reported as, "85% of faults lie with systems, processes, structures and practices of an organization, and 15% are due to operator/worker skill/error."
Sometimes 95%/5% is quoted rather than 85%/15%.
Saturday, March 13, 2021
Saturday, March 6, 2021
SEATON'S LAW
"It's never the product's fault. Pencils don't misspell words, guns don't shoot people and the product isn't at fault."- Katy Jane Seaton, executive director of the High Plains Winegrowers Association
Excerpt from news story: "Seaton also grows cotton, like many wine grape growers in the High Plains. She says she does not believe the chemical itself is responsible — it's about the herbicide's applicators, she says, and the relationships that they have with their neighbors."
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