Pretty loose application of statistics Marshall. Says Ivan who just passed his first statistics paper ;-)
Given 2 data points 100 and 1, Mean = 50.5 Standard deviation = 49.5 Given 12 data points , 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 16, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1. Mean = 8.08 Standard deviation = 7.92 99.7% of all outcomes lie within 3 standard deviations. There is no standard deviation of a population of 1. Ivan. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marshall Dudley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, 29 November 2000 05:53 Subject: Re: CS>misinformation on CS > Hmmm, wonder how he can explain why the 6 members of my family who averaged a > cold or flu every month or two, have now gone 3 years without getting sick > (except for one time for my wife). > > Previous 3 years - about 100 illnesses between us all. > Last 3 years - 1 lung congestion problem. > > So the basline is about 100 with a standard deviation of 10. 1 is just under 10 > standard deviations from the norm of 100. My stats books don't even go that far > out, they stop at 3 standard deviations, and basically say anything beyond that > is not a statistical deviation. I would guess about a trillion or more to one. > > If we look at it on an individual by individual basis, we have: > > previous 3 years - about 16 illnesses each > last 3 years - 0 illnesses each. > > Standard deviation is 4. The second 3 years is 4 standard deviations from the > mean. Assuming that this means that the probability of it being statistical > (since I cannot find anything that goes beyond 3 standard deviations) is about 1 > in 100,000 the probability that all 6 are statistical is 100,000 to the 6th > power, or 10^30. This is 1 chance in 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, > or one chance in a trillion trillion. > > This is better proof to me than any official drug test results I have ever read > that was FDA approved. > > Marshall > > [email protected] wrote: > > > More serious than the attacks on CS by that obsessive MD who runs Quackwatch > > is this opinion in the current issue of the respected alternative health > > newsletter Second Opinion, which is run by William Campbell Douglass. > > > > In response to a reader's query about hearing that CS is valuable as an > > antibiotic which kills a wide variety of bad things, Douglass replied: > > > > "Everything you say about CS is true, but only if it is applied externally; > > it should not be taken by mouth (emphasis in the original). We've written > > about this many times in Second Opinion, but need to remind folks every now > > and then. The marketing blitz, which claims this "nutrient" is good for you > > when taken internally, is persuasive, but don't believe it. > > "Silver, if absorbed through the intestinal tract, stores in the gums, > > giving an unattractive bluish appearance. Fortunately, little of the oral > > products are absorbed because of the size of the CS molecule. It's okay to > > use it as a topical antibiotic, as it's been used by the medical profession > > for 40 years in that way. In my experience, I've found that three-percent > > hydrogen peroxide on infected wounds is much more effective and it will cost > > you only pennies per treatment. Another excellent use for H202 is for sore > > throats. Gargle and spit it out. Caught early, and treated three times a > > day, 95 percent of sore throats can be nipped in the bud. Silver, in any > > form, is not this versatile and since we have H202, is seldom needed except > > for the treatment of burns." > > > > Allen > > > > -- > > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.215 / Virus Database: 101 - Release Date: 17/11/2000
