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Disclaimer to the Salary Survey Reports

Whole Root_® Economic Research, Inc. has prepared the Competitive Position_® Salary Survey Reports according to accepted statistical standards. Statistically equivalent salary survey results could be reproduced by a qualified statistician following the identical methodology.

The raw data of the Salary Survey Reports are want ads anonymously obtained from publicly available web sites and internet newsgroups. Whole Root_® Economic Research has never requested or obtained customized, altered or proprietary want ads designed explicitly for a salary survey from any individual or any public or private organization. Whole Root_® Economic Research does not print, post or provide access to any individual want ad in whole or in part.

The statistics present average and variance information about the sample of want ads. Possible biases and other errors may exist within the sources of the sample that Whole Root_® Economic Research, Inc. is not responsible for. Individual want ads and job placements can not be identified. Job placement and/or salary improvement is not guaranteed nor offered.

All web sites and internet newsgroups that post, list or make available publicly accessible want ads are not associated with, do not endorse and are not responsible for the Competitive Position_® Salary Survey Reports or Whole Root_® Economic Research, Inc. in anyway.

All corporations, organizations and institutions providing want ads for public access are not associated with, do not endorse and are not responsible for the Competitive Position_® Salary Survey Reports or Whole Root_® Economic Research, Inc. in anyway.

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The raw data of the 1995 through 1998 editions of the Salary Survey Reports included want ads anonymously obtained from publicly available newspapers. The New York Times, the Washington Post and all other newspaper publishers are not associated with, do not endorse and are not responsible for the Competitive Position_® Salary Survey Reports or Whole Root_® Economic Research, Inc. in anyway.

Whole Root_® Economic Research, Inc. is an independent research company. The Competitive Position_® Salary Survey Reports are produced in their entirety without the assistance or endorsement of any other public or private organization. All revenue is earned from the sale of the Salary Survey Reports. No financing or revenue is received from any government or private organization outside of the direct sale of the Salary Survey Reports.

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