michaelsullivan comments on Why We Can't Take Expected Value Estimates Literally (Even When They're Unbiased) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: michaelsullivan 19 August 2011 10:21:54PM 1 point [-]

It's still a pretty significant worry. If you know that some fiscal quarter or year will be used to qualify you for something important, it is often possible to arrange for key revenue and expenses to move around the boundaries to suit what you wish to portray in your report.