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To: Brumar89 who wrote (14437)	12/2/2009 9:14:14 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86356

I do it for a living. I'm a manager over a business quality team of specialists. My team of consultants uses statistics to model business ops and manufacturing processes to drive continuous improvement. Our engagements include the Fortune 500. Not sure if you have heard of Six Sigma? It's the latest version of TQM. That's my specialty. I've been doing it for decades. So I think it's fair to say I know more about statistics than most people. Reaching back to my college days, I did take graduate level statistics and probability theory classes, but I'd say I learned most of the statistics I know now out in the real world, solving real problems, and reading books when I needed to know more. To be truthful, though, I'm on the management end now, so I sell engagements and make sure the projects deliver value. So I'm not so much into the details as I used to be. But I can do assumption busting with the best of them and I am still involved enough to review the findings on our engagements. One thing is for sure, in an economy where companies are trying to get more bang for their buck on investments, the demand for my services has increased measurably. What is your background besides the schooling in stats?