http://www.captain-sarcastic.com/2007/lies-damn-lies-and-excel/ Thank you for your valuable input. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:51:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.captain-sarcastic.com/2007/lies-damn-lies-and-excel/comment-page-1/#comment-173 Marketing “research” at Captain Sarcastic Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:36:18 +0000 http://www.captain-sarcastic.com/2007/lies-damn-lies-and-excel/#comment-173 [...] dog.”  When pressed to explain, they trot out several statistical metrics to nine digits of precision: Cramer’s V, Wilks’ Lambda, chi-square, df, eigenvalue and canonical correction.   I [...] [...] dog.”  When pressed to explain, they trot out several statistical metrics to nine digits of precision: Cramer’s V, Wilks’ Lambda, chi-square, df, eigenvalue and canonical correction.   I [...]

]]> http://www.captain-sarcastic.com/2007/lies-damn-lies-and-excel/comment-page-1/#comment-132 The glass is halfway delineated at Captain Sarcastic Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:49:10 +0000 http://www.captain-sarcastic.com/2007/lies-damn-lies-and-excel/#comment-132 [...] precision in his spreadsheets is [...] [...] precision in his spreadsheets is [...]

]]> http://www.captain-sarcastic.com/2007/lies-damn-lies-and-excel/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Captain Sarcastic » Blog Archive » Drive by Writing Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:31:31 +0000 http://www.captain-sarcastic.com/2007/lies-damn-lies-and-excel/#comment-65 [...] space. When this happened a couple of Fridays ago, I removed my backup copies of El Jefe’s magical mystery spreadsheets. While I was spending a few minutes identifying things to remove, Herr Crankypants sent out email [...] [...] space. When this happened a couple of Fridays ago, I removed my backup copies of El Jefe’s magical mystery spreadsheets. While I was spending a few minutes identifying things to remove, Herr Crankypants sent out email [...]

]]> http://www.captain-sarcastic.com/2007/lies-damn-lies-and-excel/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Captain Sarcastic » Blog Archive » The Pointy Mane of a Hirsute Micromanager Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:50:08 +0000 http://www.captain-sarcastic.com/2007/lies-damn-lies-and-excel/#comment-60 [...] Fast forward to Thursday. There was some miscommunication on when things were set to start. Everyone was there at 8… except Phil, who for some reason thought we were to start at 9. While he was mired in traffic, Cliff tried getting the group fired up by going over the common themes from his survey. (Hooray for transparency!) Near the top was “hope that management would address the morale problem.” Nudge, nudge, wink, wink. We know what they mean. [...] [...] Fast forward to Thursday. There was some miscommunication on when things were set to start. Everyone was there at 8… except Phil, who for some reason thought we were to start at 9. While he was mired in traffic, Cliff tried getting the group fired up by going over the common themes from his survey. (Hooray for transparency!) Near the top was “hope that management would address the morale problem.” Nudge, nudge, wink, wink. We know what they mean. [...]

]]> http://www.captain-sarcastic.com/2007/lies-damn-lies-and-excel/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Captain Sarcastic » Blog Archive » Grace under pressure Sun, 21 Oct 2007 05:08:20 +0000 http://www.captain-sarcastic.com/2007/lies-damn-lies-and-excel/#comment-35 [...] prior to his hire because they’re tired of his fucking it up. Getting El Jefe to acknowledge project risk related to BM’s tasks has taken months. He remains unwilling to concede BM is a [...] [...] prior to his hire because they’re tired of his fucking it up. Getting El Jefe to acknowledge project risk related to BM’s tasks has taken months. He remains unwilling to concede BM is a [...]

]]> http://www.captain-sarcastic.com/2007/lies-damn-lies-and-excel/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Captain Sarcastic » Blog Archive » Derailment By Fucktard Wed, 17 Oct 2007 05:13:36 +0000 http://www.captain-sarcastic.com/2007/lies-damn-lies-and-excel/#comment-30 [...] another day), combined with his being an idiot (though doesn’t know he is), and his zeal for management by spreadsheet, leads to [...] [...] another day), combined with his being an idiot (though doesn’t know he is), and his zeal for management by spreadsheet, leads to [...]

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