--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], off_world_beings > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > <<Unlikely to be the other factors that were considered, of course. > The > > problem with research like this is that you can never prove that you > > allowed for ALL possible factors. This is why scientists prefer > > labratories to the "real world.">>> > > > > Incorrect. > > And with all due respect, one can, to a large extent, eradicate, or > > reduce to insignificant, the possibility that an effect/result is > due > > to other possible factors within a statistical analytical study. > > > > For example: Quote: > > "Hagelin's study used time series analysis to rule out a long list > of > > alternative explanations, including weather variables, seasonal > > effects, changes in police surveillance, and trends and cyclical > > patterns inherent in the crime data." > > http://istpp.org/crime_prevention/voodoo_rebuttal.html > > > > OffWorld. > > > > Assuming that this is the case, that still doesn't rule out some > OTHER factor that wasn't considered, like I said...>>>
Yes it does. This is how statistical analysis works. It minimizes the probability that it is due to some other factor, than the one being observed. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
