Re: Regression to the mean,Barry Bonds & HRs

[EugeneGall]

I'd like to note that Ellenberg is really "off base" into thinking that Galton
was fooled by RTM into thinking that breeding would reduce diversity.  As
Stigler's "Statistics on the Table" documents, Galton was initially fooled by
RTM, but then worked out the mechanism behind RTM and showed that regression to
the mean doesn't imply a loss in diversity.


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