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by jjk166 346 days ago
Noise is the absence of a signal. A biased signal is fine, just account for the bias.

ADP is huge and covers a broad range of sectors. It would be a very interesting result (and a very extraordinary claim) if the employment data from non-ADP companies went in the opposite direction of ADP. I certainly see no evidence that firms underrepresented in ADP's data are hiring prodigiously.