Howard S. Gitlow說的 Deming 故事
Thanks for the Michi
By Howard S. Gitlow
in Deming: The Way We Knew Him edited by Frank Voehl, pp.79-82
People are not born knowing michi. It requires years of study and tutelage under a master. Dr. Deming was my master. I thank him for teaching me the theory of statistics so that I could pursue the michi of the statistician. Dr. Deming, thanks for the michi.
Michi 為日文{道}之發音：
みち 道
a way; a road; 《街路》a street; 《小道》a path; 《通路》a passage; 《道徳》moral principles; (義務) a duty; 《方法》a way ((of doing, to do)); the road ((to success)).
・～で on the road [street]; 《途中で》on the way.
・～が開ける find a way ((of)).
・～を聞く［教える］ ask [show]〈a person〉the way ((to a place)).
・～を切り開く make a road.
・～を付ける give a person an opportunity.
・～を譲る give way to; make way for.
・その～に明るい be an authority in the field.
・～に迷う lose one's way.
・～にそむく do wrong.
・～にそむいた wrong; immoral.
・～ならぬ恋 an illicit love affair.
As a teacher. Deming believed in the Socratic method. Howard S. Gitlow, anacquaintance of Deming for many years, recalls:...calling him in 1981 or 1982 with a question which would clarify sixmonths of personal study. Instead of answering my question, he said,'You're barking up the wrong tree.' It took me six more months to figureout why I was barking up the wrong tree and which tree I should be barkingup. Once I figured it out, I realized that I had learned more by his methodthan I could have by any other means. (from Voehl, 1995, pp. 80–81)
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