Our new consolidated blog and downloads site for the two books – How to Measure Anything and The Failure of Risk Management – was a little problematic for a few new registrants. Anyone who needs to retreive a forgotten password may run into a problem. If you do have any problems at [...]
Entries from September 2009
Welcome and Thank You for Your Patience
September 25th, 2009 · 8 Comments
Tags: General Topics
The New Look
September 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment
The blog has just had a major makeover. The sales on my book have definitely been on the high end of my range and, consequently, the registrations on both book sites have been very high. Hopefully, this looks a bit more inviting. Tell us what you think.
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New Topics
September 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Every forum should have one place where members can suggest new topics, combining topics or changing topics. If you think you have a measurement problem, question, or interest that doesn’t fit into any of the other topics herein, then suggest it here and I’ll make it.
Doug Hubbard
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Evolving Taxonomy of Major Risks
September 11th, 2009 · 10 Comments
Originally posted at http://www.howtomeasureanything.com, on Friday, September 11, 2009 9:02:59 AM, by Unknown.
“On page 47 of HTFRM Mr. Hubbard refers to the website for viewing an evolving taxonomy of major risks.
I am having trouble locating it, am I missing something?”
Not at all. We haven’t had much discussion about it so it was evolving very slowly.
But [...]
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What to say when they ask, “Why not 100% CI?”
September 8th, 2009 · 6 Comments
Originally posted at http://www.howtomeasureanything.com, on Tuesday, September 08, 2009 8:20:46 AM, by Dreichel.
“Hello,
This is my first post on your board. I am excited to actually be able to pose this to the author (or to others who want to chime in).
First some background;
I work as an Analyst predicting Budget “Burn Rate”, that is to say [...]
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Lens Model: Negative Value
September 6th, 2009 · 4 Comments
Originally posted at http://www.howtomeasureanything.com, on Sunday, September 06, 2009 9:20:07 PM, by sujoymitra17.
“While using Lens Model (multiple regression), I am getting negative scores for a few parameters and positive scores for few others. I am computing the score using the formula: – <Coeff of parameter-1>*Val of parameter-1+<Coeff of parameter-2>*Val of parameter-2….+Intercept. Since few parameters are [...]
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