Jimu Quick Comment | how "stamped 700 million times a year" is a statistical error

Jimu News commentator Xu Hanxiong

Recently, a promotional article released by the WeChat public account of Guizhou Investment and Construction Co., Ltd. of China Construction Fourth Bureau mentioned that "employees stamp more than 700 million times a year with zero errors", which has aroused heated discussion. On the afternoon of the 17th, the company responded that this was a statistical error. (According to the Daily Economic News on November 18)

The network screenshot shows that the article published on the WeChat account of "China Construction Fourth Bureau ZhengqianFang" said, "More than 700 million times, 5964 0A processes were processed, and the registration rate of printing was 100%!" Zero errors! This is a string of work data for so-and-so in 2020. Some netizens calculated that if you stamp 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, you will be stamped close to 80,000 times per hour and 1331 times per minute. Some netizens joked that this speed even exceeded the rate of fire of some machine guns. Even if it is calculated by riding a sew seal, a tender book and contract of several hundred pages, a chapter down, each page counts as one, and a seal counts hundreds of times, it is still exaggerated.

On the evening of November 17, the "China Construction Fourth Bureau Zhengqian Fang" issued a statement of the situation, saying that due to clerical errors and lax audits, the relevant figures were obviously inconsistent with the facts, which had a negative social impact, and apologized for this! The article has now been deleted.

The company's explanation was a statistical error. The original text of the report clearly reads, "Colleagues in the department have confirmed it repeatedly, and they have all 'wowed'." Since it is repeatedly confirmed, why is it inconsistent with the facts?

Data mixing has always been a phenomenon of fraud that has been criticized, the so-called achievements are not enough, and the data is made up. Normally, the data is quite convincing. Speaking with data has become a common work assessment requirement and work summary routine. Some units are also keen on quantitative management and KPI performance appraisal. Only the drawbacks brought by data are also obvious, which will make people count for the sake of numbers, and work has become a number game. Therefore, there is a saying that "officials out of numbers, numbers out of officials".

"More than 700 million times to print", saying that the audit is not strict is certain, see this number, you should think about whether it is credible. It is difficult to understand that it is a clerical error, is it 70,000 or 7,000 times written as "700 million times"? How did this data come about? Isn't there a normal statistic and conversion based on the daily workload? "Process 0A process 5964", this should be traced, so it is accurate to single digits. How the "700 million times of printing" came out of the cage, I am afraid that only the parties concerned know it.

Associated with the statement in the text, "This 'heavy' data is amazing and makes people feel blocked, because this is how to fight alone and work hard." With such an emotional writing, it is difficult to say whether "700 million times of printing" is to flatter dedication. Because if the data is distorted, it is false propaganda and exaggeration.

The unbelievable data not only does not highlight the dedication of employees, but also makes people feel that the work is incredible. If the data is true, the company has a lot of stamps to stamp a year, which makes people think about whether the procedures are reasonable and smooth. So, what is there to boast about?

The handling of this matter is not how to strengthen the management of information release, but the level of work style, which needs to be considered.

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