On Mon, 9 Jul 2007, Dan Minette wrote:
> An interesting story that runs counter to the theme of Sicko.
> Relatives of a family who are living with us this summer were in the
> Woodlands because two daughter needed surgery that they could not get in
> Canada. I realize that individual stories do not prove a point, but
> that's sorta my point. Indeed, the available sample size for folks I
> would be aware of in this manner (few people tell us when they are
> visiting other folks...so it would otherwise have to be among Canadians
> we know) is far far smaller than that available to Moore.
>
> Dan M.
Data is not the plural of anecdote. :)
So, if all you have are anecdotes, that doesn't really say anything.
Statistics with a large sample size, that's the way to do it.
How much statistical data does Moore use? How much is anecdotal? (I
don't get out to see movies so often, and am not likely to see this one in
the theater....)
Julia
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