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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (7749)4/8/2002 5:35:35 PM
From: TigerPaw  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 21057
 
There is a technique often called data-mining. Some organizations such as the Heritage Foundation are masters of this statistical shenanigan. It works by combing through great databanks like Lexus-Nexus and finding unusual associations, such as the one about non-minority Brits. All that is found is a statistical correlation, and this is assigned to a writer to make up some verbage that tries to imply meaning in what is most likely coincidence.

There are many statistics that may coorelate, but that does not mean that there is a cause-effect relationship.

TP



To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (7749)4/8/2002 5:57:18 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Respond to of 21057
 
First off, you don't know whether the methods you refer to were used or not. Secondly, if they were, that does not invalidate the results. And while correlation does not always imply causation, it doesn't rule it out either. Whereas the opposite (no correlation) does.

You actually have anything to say?


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