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BumRushDaShow

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7. Am wondering if the NSA 12-month is done that way because it is also being used for something else
Wed Sep 11, 2024, 10:53 AM
Sep 2024

and it's easier to leave it like that since, as you apparently discovered, it probably "rounded " to come out about the same values for NSA vs SA (which would probably correspond to a "regular cycling" of data throughout a typical year - EXCEPT if something weird happens during a particular month or months). It's possible too that they might "normalize" that raw NSA data too, to smooth out any one-off anomalous months, and that allows for looking at any trending.

And yeah, Excel can be quirky at times... I miss the old Quattro Pro.

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