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From: frank@bigdog.engr.arizona.edu (Frank Manning)
Subject: Re: long term viability of Ada
Date: 1996/09/26
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Date: 1996-09-26T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <529vd7$h9l@lex.zippo.com> nasser@apldbio.com writes:

>In article <529n5f$k68@news.ccit.arizona.edu>, frank@bigdog.engr.arizona.edu 
>says...
>
>> I question whether you can
>> draw any valid conclusions on this subject by studying classified ads.
>>
>
> Really?  If you see 1000 ads asking for skill A, and 1 asking for skill B,
> are you saying I can't draw any conclusion from this? 

You can draw the conclusion that 1000 ads are asking for skill A and
one is asking for skill B. Beyond that, what?

Does that tell me there are 1000 times as many workers using skill A
compared to skill B? No. The ratio may be greater or less than 1000.
Maybe by a large amount. Who knows?

-- Frank Manning
-- Chair, AIAA-Tucson Section