how to handle the “prove me right” problem

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Aug 19, 202600:21:21Business

What do you do when a leader asks you to find data to prove them right? In this episode, data storytellers Ryan Biesecker and Alli Torban explore the difference between investigating a hypothesis and validating a foregon...

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