Too often, though, investors forget to examine the assumptions behind the symbols.

I, no professional philosopher, no cleric, and no scholar, nevertheless can see the urgency of examining the assumptions before taking any stance at all with regard to the technique.

In fact, though, these figures themselves dissolve into mere assertions when, digging deeper, you examine the assumptions that have to be made before a number can be posited.

This allows the relevancy of observations to a hypothesis to be determined by examining the assumptions made.

It particularly examines the assumption that womens participation in community organisation or development projects at the community level serves to empower them as individuals and as a group.