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To: neverdem

Could that be translated into simple layman's laguage, please?

Does it mean taking the pledge for chastity works, or not?


2 posted on 06/16/2005 12:22:49 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Resisting evil is our duty or we are as responsible as those promoting it.)
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To: little jeremiah; Doctor Stochastic
Could that be translated into simple layman's laguage, please?

Statistics is basically an exercise in probability. It is something like the arguments about correlation versus causation. There's a stronger statistical correlation when P equals or is less than 0.05 versus P equals or is less than 0.10 by a factor of at least 2. The usual scientific convention is to use P equals or is less than 0.05, i.e. picking random samples you would expect an erroneous result less than one out 20 samples. Any corrections will be appreciated.

8 posted on 06/16/2005 12:46:49 AM PDT by neverdem (May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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To: little jeremiah
Could that be translated into simple layman's laguage, please?

In simple layman's language, loosening from 0.05 significance to 0.10 significance to get the result you want is known as "junk science".

12 posted on 06/16/2005 5:06:48 AM PDT by steve-b (A desire not to butt into other people's business is eighty percent of all human wisdom)
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