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Subject: Re: [edstat] Question about the coefficient of variation
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 20:12:35 -0400
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To: "Robert J. MacG. Dawson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
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On 20 Nov 2003 at 9:45, Robert J. MacG. Dawson wrote:
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> except in midsummer. It may also explain (and I'm really guessing
> here!) why barometric pressure (COV < 5%) never really catches the
> public's attention?
>
Wrong. If the public are north atlantic fishermen, al least. Their
very sofhisticated readers of met data.
Kjetil
The public, generically, are not North Atlantic fishermen. (Or
airline pilots, or meteorologists, or purveyors of fine barometers.)
And thus your statement is vacuously correct <grin, duck, & run>
-RD
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