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Bruce Westerman: If you start with bad data, you are going to get bad results, no matter how well you do in between.

On the recordJune 12, 2024
If you start with bad data, you are going to get bad results, no matter how well you do in between.
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Bruce Westerman
Republican · Arkansas

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Stresses the importance of good data for effective decision-making.

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