Word: understanding
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...wages question is perhaps the most important branch of political economy and its subjective treatment is attained by the use of statistics. But it is essential that the user of statistics should understand the proper method for constructing them, and the attendant difficulties. There are four great sources of error which are to be avoided in securing statistics. First, observation is not trustworthy; there must be reliable figures and they should cover a considerable space of time. Second, the distinction must be kept in mind between "average" and "arithmetical mean." Third, in dealing with percentages the basic numbers must...
...latest bit of evidence. On Saturday, a regular day of practice, out of a squad of over eighty men barely forty candidates put in an appearance on the field. What the cause of such direct violation of all athletic discipline could have been it is hard to understand. Not only the fact that the team lacks material and experience but also the very idea of such an unsportsmanlike proceeding should condemn it. Although necessary absence is excusable and a preference for other branches of athletics is legitimate, no circumstance can excuse the deliberate failure to appear without previous notification...
Very few of the Cuban teachers will understand English on their arrival, and most of them will never have been away from home. They will, therefore, need much friendly guidance and sympathy, which cannot possibly be paid...
...summer are from the very best class. They are remarkably intelligent and anxious to learn, and the influence of their trip will be directly felt in every quarter of the island. The instruction here will be carried on in Spanish, as only about five per cent of the teachers understand English. Excursions will be taken to places oi historical interest, and numerous social diversions will be planned. The original number of one thousand has been increased to fourteen hundred,--the capacity of Sanders Theatre where most of the lectures will be held...
...first place the club did not have very attractive quarters. Neither did it have anything like the proper equipment. Then again the professional instructor did not understand the work very well, nor did he fall into the spirit of it, so that such crews as did got out received no coaching at all. The greatest difficulty of all, however, lay in the fact that in the same house, and standing side by side with this club, were the class crews. These class crews were made up of supposedly the best material in the classes, and therefore at the head...