SaskGriz said:
"The reason these data are wrong is my own family complaining about the inverse pyramid effect today; e.g., electrical engineers straight out of college are being paid more than the senior engineers who often have a master's degree in engineering. "
I'm only doing this because the baseball is between innings and you are a troll, plus the Griz don't play and it's a long weekend up here. On that note, in the King's English we would say "Even north OF the 49th" rather than "Even north OR the 49th" but that point is probably moo.
You can use these data as a singular or plural, it's rarely used as a singular but still technically correct. Either way "The reason these data are wrong is my own family complaining about the inverse pyramid effect today;" is incomprehensible.
Yep. I feel for you. 38 million in that land mass and when you do get together all you tend to do is argue. Eh?
And yes, I understand this may in fact be difficult for you. I assumed, and I know all about assumptions, one would understand this concept I was first exposed to (and didn't at the time) in the late 70s and early 80s at Command and General Staff at Fort Leavenworth. We knew it as inverse pyramid.
https://www.trig.com/tangents/leadership-and-the-inverted-pyramid
Many railing against the changes in how we are taking care of kids today would much rather subject kids to this treatment still today.
https://youtu.be/uZaOFTp5_C8
Anyway, y'all have a good day.