Re: Operational definitions versus anecdotal

[GrantBlair@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/12/2001 3:18:06 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
jim@jclauson.com writes:

<< I consider the DEN to have some of the best Deming minds available and I
 am curious why the discussions use so little fact and operational
 definitions.  It seems like we never get closure on a topic, it just
 fades away. >>

Very good point made here. A lot of the discussions start with facts and 
operational definitions, then get lost in a "drunkard's walk" (From the 
funnel experiment }:-(( A good example is a recent discussion regarding SPC 
Rules for special cause.

GrantBlair@aol.com
Ninety Six SC