A Conversation for How to Measure Things Using Statistics
what should one whistle?
lostmonalisa Started conversation Jul 25, 2008
should it be just random notes, or a specific tune.
what should one whistle?
h5ringer Posted Jul 25, 2008
Doesn't matter - so long as you don't decide in advance 
what should one whistle?
lostmonalisa Posted Jul 25, 2008
of course, the randomness is key to the procedure. 
what should one whistle?
ITIWBS Posted Jul 28, 2008
Bookmarked.
I'm reminded of a remark by a favorite sociology prof, once upon a time. Said you could prove anything you wanted to with statistics, it was entirely a matter of how you limited you data base.
Iritating childlike statistical crudities: Statistical studies allowing fractional results instead of being presented in whole stoiochiometric sets. Kind of made one shudder, fractional human beings for example in some the McNamara era studies. Made one wonder which fraction of the human beings was missing.
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