--- In [email protected], new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > The real problem with the study is the design itself. > > > > > If it had a better design than a simple pre-post > > > > > (which makes no sense for research of this sort) non > > > > > of these question would be discussed. > > > > > > > > Are you saying the 36-hour hike in the murder rate > > > > *was* an anomaly and that it *was* legitimate not > > > > to take it into account? > > > > > > Isn't discounting a large surge in the murder rate during > > > the period that crime was being measured a lot like saying: > > > > > > "The IA course has successfully created a lasting state of > > > peace, worldwide. We have not counted Iraq, Afghanistan, > > > Darfur, Chad, Sudan, Western Sahara, Somalia, Nigeria, and > > > Chechnya because they are anomalies." > > > > > > :-) > > > > > > > > > If this surge lasts 36-hours and isn't repeated for the rest of the > 8 week period under > > study, then it is plausible that it is an anomoly. > > If it was not repeated over the next two, or past two years, I might > consider it an anomoly, and outlier that could be excluded. >
Seems to me that even if it was repeated occassionally (like once a year, or so, it wold still be an outlier.
