Google| Subject | Re: Colonial Photo & Hobby |
| From | Tony Cooper |
| Date | 2014-04-20 16:32 (2014-04-20 10:32) |
| Message-ID | <p6m7l9dtak8eterfd640s4pqtvpc0muegp@4ax.com> |
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| Newsgroups | rec.photo.digital |
| Follows | Sandman |
| Followups | Sandman (43m) > Tony Cooper PeterN (4h & 40m) |
On 20 Apr 2014 12:08:55 GMT, Sandman <mr@sandman.net>wrote:
An "anomaly"? Where do you get that? An anomaly is something that is unusual or unexpected. One non-working camera out of 24 cameras on display would not be considered to be something unusual or unexpected in a Best Buy. In fact, nospam is vigorously arguing that non-functional display models *would be* expected.Eric StevensSandmanEric StevensYou haven't studied statistics or probability have you?That one body part had a headache at the time of your one visit does not mean that it always has has a headache (or 'malfunctioning' as you describe it).Sandman
That's *EXACTLY* my point, Eric! The data is worthless as statistics.
Rubbish.
Tony found one anomaly when checking 24 items one time, and treated it as statistics - you just agreed with me that it doesn't mean anything since it says nothing about the state of anomalies in a statistical manner.
If there is an anomaly, it is that *only* one out of 24 were non-working.
I did not treat it as a statistic, by the way. I treated it as a report of what was observed. Because I do understand the meaning of "statistic", I wouldn't offer the observation as a statistic.
To turn the tables on you, please cite where I said that the observation was a statistic. Or, even "treated" it (whatever that means) as a statistic.
-- Tony Cooper - Orlando FL
2014-04-14-
