If so, the problem of distorted data might be eliminated.

He and others say the company's sales force sometimes presents distorted data.

Budget decisions cannot be based on selective or distorted data.

The 30 percent figure, based on stale and distorted data, does not add credibility to your position.

This may result in distorted data from some studies of the false-consensus effect.

"And they are using this distorted data to try to get Congress to once again make copyright laws even tougher."

It has established an investigating commission to review 29 of the 92 papers which have been identified as "highly suspected" of containing forged or distorted data.

The quotas allocated are very restrictive and are based on incomplete and distorted data concerning stocks of cod in the Baltic.

According to the authors, the common causes of plateaus include immunity, greedy algorithm, bad timing, flow issues, distorted data, distraction, failing slowly, and perfectionism.

You then end up in a bizarre logical loop: the distorted data indicates that something should be banned, so it becomes a "good cause", which justifies the distortion of the data.

Richard Yamarone, an economist at the Market Data Corporation in New York, said the committee was operating "with limited and distorted data" at the March meeting following the temporary Government shutdowns and the severe weather of the winter.

But Dr. Postol, who in the 1990's successfully challenged the effectiveness of Patriot missiles in the Persian Gulf war, analyzed the report and concluded it had distorted data to make it appear that available technology could reliably distinguish warheads from decoys.

The new system, in part similar to the one Billboard uses to chart the top albums, should go a long way toward eliminating manipulation of the charts by record labels and independent promotion companies that pressure some radio stations and record stores to report bogus or distorted data.