Posted by JWmHarmon on February 28, 2002 at 08:18:48:In Reply to: Re: Architecture Salaries: Houston, TX posted by Ples E. Schnitz on February 27, 2002 at 23:37:18:
The site linked below lists a number of architects in North Dakota, USA.
Check out some of the architectural photos at this site if interested.
Ples wrote, "Try local AIA chapter. We often run nationwide salary surveys and publish to members for reference. Know where the highest salary was when I last worked on this committee?-North Dakota!"
One thing that sometimes occurs in such surveys is that you do not get a response from every firm or individual working in the field. Sometimes this leads to a distorted report of what people earn. Unless valid statistical methods are incorporated into the surveys, they may be somewhat misleading, leading to conclusions that salaries are somewhat higher than they actually are.
I once read a book entitled "How to Lie With Statistics" which told how polsters can be misleading. Example: If 10 people are surveyed and 1 says that he is underpaid, then one could report that 10 percent of the people are underpaid. If we do the same survey next year and 2 people say they are underpaid, we could honestly and factually state that the number of underpaid people increased by one hundred percent; it is also factual that the number that should be reported for comparison purposes is 20 percent (2 out of 10).
Be careful how you interpret salary statistics.
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