Thanks, just wasn't sure what you meant by post-hoc --Mike
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Paul Brandon <[email protected]> wrote: > > When you say "if you happen to be the one in ten thousand who does die as a > side effect", that means something only after the fact -- if you know that > it has happened. Before the fact, you're evaluating relative risks: the > risk of dying from a disease and the risk of dying from the treatment of it. > In those terms, being one of the ten thousand is outweighed by the greater > risk of dying from the disease. > > On Apr 14, 2009, at 6:28 PM, Michael Smith wrote: > > Paul Brandon wrote: > Or what if you're one of the 5 who would die in a bathtub fall. Would you > quit bathing? > It's post hoc reasoning. > > Perhaps you can explain a bit more about what you mean? > > --Mike > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > > > Paul Brandon > Emeritus Professor of Psychology > Minnesota State University, Mankato > [email protected] > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
