So we're about average for the nation?

Post #355,514 by SpiceWare 3/19/12 2:14:01 PM Reply	So we're about average for the nation? that is 27th out of 50, right?
Post #355,516 by boxley 3/19/12 2:15:13 PM Reply	looking up from the bottom, yeah Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 55 years. meep
Post #355,528 by folkert 3/19/12 3:20:51 PM Reply	Texas only beat 8 states.
Post #355,536 by SpiceWare 3/19/12 4:46:09 PM 3/19/12 4:48:58 PM Reply	that doesn't add up [Texas] tying with six other states for 27th place .. in the study that reviewed ... all 50 states. Wouldn't the next state after Texas and the other six be 33rd place? Per Another Scott, Virginia got 47th - so they couldn't have jumped from 7 states at 27th place to the next at 28th. Edited by SpiceWare March 19, 2012, 04:48:58 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #355,537 by Andrew Grygus 3/19/12 4:55:20 PM Reply	It appears they have a rough grade . . . . . and a numeric score. Being tied for the grade (D+) wouldn't be the same as tied for the score.
Post #355,539 by SpiceWare 3/19/12 5:06:01 PM 3/19/12 5:18:46 PM Reply	if this is it http://www.stateintegrity.org/your_state then they have a score from 0-100%. Texas and 6 5. others tied with 68%. Minnesota, Vermont and Colorado also got a D+, but didn't tie with Texas, as their scores were 69%, 69% and 67% respectively. Colorado's ranked 33rd so that goes along with what I thought the next state would be placed at. 8 states scored less than 60% (and thus an F), which is where I think Greg got his "Texas only beat 8" from. There's 18 states that scored less than Texas' 68%. Not that 68 is a great score, but there's no need to make it sound worse than it is. the original article incorrectly has "6 other states", but they only list 5 others: Arkansas, Arizona, West Virginia, Montana and Alaska. The 6 states with 68% match the source I linked to. Edited by SpiceWare March 19, 2012, 05:18:46 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #355,541 by folkert 3/19/12 5:39:51 PM Reply	What that means there was... Many TIES for placings... and evidently they don't count ties when making "places" A 3 way ties for 1st, next person is supposed to be 4th. Not in this ranking. Evidently, Ties for seconds, 3rd, 4th, 5th... 27th and 28th Don't want any hurt feelings. Maybe I read it wrong.
Post #355,554 by SpiceWare 3/19/12 10:38:04 PM Reply	there's no hurt feelings just think that they do count ties when making "places" else there's no way Virginia could have been ranked 47th - if the only tie was the 6 states at 27th, and the next state placed at 28th, then 45th is the lowest Virginia could have been at. The link I posted in 58679 (the reply to Andrew) seems to back that up.
Post #355,557 by folkert 3/19/12 11:05:56 PM Reply	I read it wrong then... my bad. Like I said. I was reading many things today, might just have gotten things jumbled in my head.. Which given the way today went and the horrendous headache I had... wouldn't surprise me any.
Post #355,558 by SpiceWare 3/19/12 11:24:25 PM Reply	hate days like that, hope tomorrow's better!
Post #355,559 by folkert 3/19/12 11:41:59 PM Reply	Me too... PCI compliance documentation auditing and production requires keeping things straight.

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