I'm drawing a blank trying to recall the label for this methods fallacy: E.g., using "international training in my company is: 1=poor ... 5=excellent" and then using these intra-company averages across employees to compare companies. (Do you have a generic label and perhaps a seminal reference considering the problem?). Thanks,Romie Littrell Romie Frederick Littrell, PhD, FIAIR Associate Professor of International Business Editor, AIB Insights; International Management AUT Business School Tel. extension 5805, Mail stop B-98 ____ AIB-L is brought to you by the Academy of International Business. For information: http://aib.msu.edu/community/aib-l.asp To post message: [log in to unmask] For assistance: [log in to unmask] AIB-L is a moderated list.