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The 50-50-90 Rule. Why is it?

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(@scott-zelenak)
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That in any situation where someone has a 50-50 chance at getting something right, there is a 90 percent probability they will get it wrong?

 
Posted : December 6, 2010 2:27 pm
(@tyler-parsons)
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What went wrong today? Or are you not at liberty to divulge that information.

 
Posted : December 6, 2010 2:29 pm
(@troy-cobb)
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Wrong is easier.

 
Posted : December 6, 2010 2:54 pm
(@holy-cow)
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There is only one way to do it right and thousands of ways to do it wrong.

 
Posted : December 6, 2010 4:14 pm
(@bill93)
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Then that isn't 50-50.

I think part of the explanation is that you don't remember a high percentage of the ones that come out right.

 
Posted : December 6, 2010 4:21 pm
(@dave-lindell)
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It's all in the sigmas.

 
Posted : December 6, 2010 4:40 pm
 RADU
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I hate when after research the job SCREAMS OUT A BREZE.

Get to the site. Old marks all dug up , site overgrown with vegetation, trucks parked in way, buildings obstruct siting... Instantly turning the breeze into a Bleeding GALE !

RADU

 
Posted : December 6, 2010 5:02 pm
(@kris-morgan)
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I think the 80/20 rule is more applicable than 50/50 in nearly every situation except flipping coins.

 
Posted : December 6, 2010 6:11 pm
(@stephen-johnson)
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once you get the hang of it even flipping coins, if caught in the air, can be changed to 80/20.

 
Posted : December 7, 2010 12:32 pm