In a message dated 12/7/01 10:22:48 AM,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< I am impressed by one of the research reports you cited in
the November mini-AIR. Here is the passage that caught my eye:
In this study, the author reports the analysis of
10 randomly collected U.S. $1 bills.... Results showed
that 92% of the bills were positive for cocaine...
Nine bills positive and one a bit ambivalent perhaps?
But 92% sounds far more impressive, correct, scientific
and undoubtedly valid than a mere multiple of 10. Hurrah!
Investigator Gregg Horan, a specialist in such matters, zeroed in
(with a high degree of precision) on a relevant question:
I find myself wondering if 92% of 10 bills was
calculated on a mass, volume, or surface area basis.
I'm hoping it was mass. >>
Ah, I see the Star Trek Voyager writers have found day jobs as statisticians
and researchers.
:)
Jon
