Eight proposed Academy uses. Avoid leading discovery, hiding mismatch, interpreting significance as impact or forecasting reported sales gains.
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Rackham distinguishes a problem from an explicit desired improvement, an agreed advance from a friendly continuation, and observed training behavior from business outcomes. Motorola dollar-sales changes +5.3% and −22.1% form a 27.4 percentage-point growth gap; causal uncertainty and raw-data gaps remain.
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All eight chapters, appendices A/B, figures and end matter
Attribution checked against all 250 supplied sheets and 111 visual/layout sheets. Verified means source coverage and attribution, not independent proof of every empirical claim.
Evidence Map
Needs and commitment: PDF55–85. Flexible questions:86–124. Capability definitions and significance-axis problem:125–145. Objection study limits:146–170. Openings:171–180. Focused practice:181–195. Confounded evaluations and comparative studies:196–230. Attitude scale:231–237. Index/bio:238–250.
Full interpretation, numerical corrections and external primary references:
BIZ-074 — SPIN Selling: Needs, Commitment And Training Evidence