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Subtle mistakes alter data regarding the true number of graduating engineers

JUN 13, 2006

DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.020179

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NPR : A report cited in The New York Times and quoted on the House floor claimed China graduates nine times as many engineers as the U.S. Skeptical, a Duke professor had students check the numbers.
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