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Deming Cooperative Puzzle

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2. A ________ solution requires a statement of aims, and a criterion for evaluating the effectiveness of the solution.
5. It is important not to misuse either substantive _________ or statistical theory.
6. The test of talent in management is the ability to perceive and to formulate _________ that if answered would help to find out what is wrong.
7. Skill in subject-matter will not solve ___________ problems.
8. A survey is neither right nor wrong except in the light of the _______ intended.
10. Good science and good management start with ___________ of problems, and clear statements thereof.
11. The only safe use of experience is to perceive and to formulate _________ and to predict gain from various decisions.

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1. The _______ job is to find out just what the problem is, or if there really is one.
3. No known _______ will predict with certainty that one design or another, will sell better than another.
4. Problems of __________, simple as they seem, rise up to cause trouble and delay.
8. The statistician begins by reformulating the _______ in statistical terms, so that it will be possible to decide whether statistical information might help.
9. A problem exists only if there is more than ___ answer.

(Based on First Chapter of Sample Design in Business Research)
The Deming Cooperative Puzzle





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