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14256997033 2002-02-26 19:09:21 {GMT), page 42 41 to be evaluating in the first place. 2 Clearly comparing the averages of ratios to determine if exposure measurements are accurate does not call for an evaluation of geometric means. If any statistical test is appropriate it is the comparison of arithmetic means. This comparison again showed that the QAMA-McGill exposure measurements were wrong. Ofcourse this was obvious from Gibbs' original analysis anywavs.(Gibbs and LaChance 1974) Geometric means are utilized to calculate power function averages. For example, to determine what an average interest rate would have to be ifyou invested $100,000 in the bank in 1990 and had variable interest rates each year 41