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For a variety of reasons, the column this year marks a departure from those compiled in the past. Attempts to standardize the methods used for collecting the data provided opportunities to rethink the ways in which the numbers are described and categorized. The overriding goal for this departure is to make the information easier to use and more meaningful to the membership.
The graphs have been redesigned, placing statistical information directly beneath the chart. This will aid in reading and understanding the variables that change from year to year in the graph above.
Those who remember previous years' columns will see that some of the statistical ...