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...QRR or Calculus...
THIS is exactly the kind of statistical manipulation that the QRR guide warned us about. The fact that the administration resorts to these tactics indicates that either Bok has not taken the QRR, or that he follows a double standard on statistical accuracy, inside and outside of the classroom--a seeming contradiction of his statement on ethics...
...confusing. Why does he tell students that the anti-union campaign is getting out the facts, when it really obscures them? Why does he bless students with a "thoughtful response" to their concerns, while employees are fed bare-faced propaganda? Does Bok think that employees, not having passed the QRR, would be fooled by his "facts?" Or is he hoping that students will never see the actual union literature...
...future, Baum said the Core Committee may create a new 'Science C' requirement, covering statistics and mathematics, to replace the QRR...
...Richmond said the QRR subcommittee would ask the Standing Committee on the Core to let members of the class of '92 fulfill both parts of the requirement by passing Statistics 100. By doing so, he said, the University could test the value of requiring a course rather than an exam...