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Action Bias refers to the tendency of individuals to prefer taking action over inaction, even when the action may not be necessary or could potentially lead to a worse outcome than doing nothing.

Adjusting a process in response to random variation doesn't make it better; it just increases the variability in the process.

People will happily invoke 'bad data' to ignore unwelcome news.

The truth us that while we statisticians bicker about the best options, virtually any design is better than no design at all.

An executive silverback charges out of the undergrowth? Ignore the chest-pounding display. Pay no heed to the threat-grunting. We stand our ground. Just because someone has a deeply held belief, that does not make it true.

And it's not their fault.

I understand why they think the way they do.

Nobody really teaches World-Class Scientific Research.

It is more important to get the suit right.