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2. Diagnosis

• Now the “D” in ADPIE stands for diagnosis, and that brings us to our

next step after gathering that data that we were just presented with.

• “Well,” you say to yourself, “it seems to me from all my evidence

here, that my coffee must’ve leaked out onto my computer, and

therefore my computer is not working because it has gotten soaked

with coffee!”