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The Commission in recent years has focused in part on developing its data analysis capabilities to inform its enforcement investigations and actions. On place where those efforts are frequently on display is in so-called “cherry picking” cases. Those actions center …

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The Commission’s enforcement program has increasingly relied on statistical analysis. One of its initiatives, the Aberrational Performance Inquiry or API, focuses on whether performance and other metrics fell within certain limits. In some instances it has been successful; some not. …

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