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Re: Still doesn't explain the difference fionwe1987 Send a noteboard - 10/11/2012 10:21:00 PM
I thought you said you understood stats? How do you not know that a self-selected sample is non-random?

Those that choose to train at the Tower are also a self-selected sample.

And? The Tower is far from a complete representation of the bell curve, firther strengthening my point.
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The Bell Curve revisited - 29/10/2012 09:44:09 AM 1525 Views
Re: The Bell Curve revisited - 29/10/2012 10:21:27 AM 909 Views
That's incorrect... - 29/10/2012 10:26:49 AM 1482 Views
Re: That's incorrect... - 29/10/2012 10:36:32 AM 912 Views
RJ the physicist didn't know math, so that Shannow could be right... - 29/10/2012 02:11:19 PM 828 Views
Response to a few of your poorly researched points... - 29/10/2012 02:31:17 PM 771 Views
Re: RJ the physicist didn't know math, so that Shannow could be right... - 29/10/2012 02:37:33 PM 789 Views
Exactly... - 29/10/2012 02:39:30 PM 786 Views
there are dozens of reasons for this - 29/10/2012 08:18:18 PM 805 Views
Excellent point. - 29/10/2012 08:24:37 PM 833 Views
Re: there are dozens of reasons for this - 29/10/2012 09:07:35 PM 735 Views
Again I don't argue that genetics play no role - 30/10/2012 01:57:24 AM 712 Views
Re: Again I don't argue that genetics play no role - 30/10/2012 07:07:17 AM 741 Views
I don't think it plays much role in the plot - 30/10/2012 03:17:55 PM 888 Views
Once again just so,we are clear on my stance with Genetics and Strength - 30/10/2012 03:27:11 PM 751 Views
That the 1000 Novices aren't a random sample of the population? - 29/10/2012 08:23:47 PM 688 Views
And why would it be biased towards those with lower strength? - 29/10/2012 09:11:25 PM 695 Views
Absolutely no reason... - 30/10/2012 01:35:35 AM 793 Views
Re: Absolutely no reason... - 30/10/2012 06:43:54 AM 696 Views
Only if it was a random sampling. Which this is not. - 30/10/2012 01:58:34 PM 783 Views
That's exactly the point. I want you to explain why it wasn't random. - 30/10/2012 02:14:59 PM 706 Views
It wasn't random because it was a self-selected sample! - 30/10/2012 02:43:03 PM 721 Views
Re: It wasn't random because it was a self-selected sample! - 30/10/2012 02:47:30 PM 719 Views
Go read a stats text will you? - 30/10/2012 02:54:16 PM 714 Views
Done - 31/10/2012 09:34:11 AM 1450 Views
You seem to have perfected whining to a Talent... - 10/11/2012 10:14:19 PM 976 Views
Re: You seem to have perfected whining to a Talent... - 11/11/2012 11:37:16 AM 811 Views
Re: You seem to have perfected whining to a Talent... - 11/11/2012 07:14:48 PM 675 Views
Re: You seem to have perfected whining to a Talent... - 11/11/2012 08:33:59 PM 1484 Views
Re: You seem to have perfected whining to a Talent... - 11/11/2012 08:43:19 PM 1003 Views
Still nothing? - 10/11/2012 03:33:15 PM 797 Views
Still doesn't explain the difference - 30/10/2012 07:01:53 PM 662 Views
Re: Still doesn't explain the difference - 10/11/2012 10:21:00 PM 741 Views
Yes that totally makes sense - 30/10/2012 08:07:16 AM 833 Views
Thank you! *NM* - 30/10/2012 10:19:15 AM 385 Views
That's not what happened... - 30/10/2012 02:01:52 PM 761 Views
Re: That's not what happened... - 30/10/2012 02:15:57 PM 719 Views
Who said it would? - 30/10/2012 02:44:17 PM 720 Views
let's not mix up "random" and "representative" - 30/10/2012 05:28:09 PM 789 Views
Doesn't mean RJ applied it to his series - 30/10/2012 08:23:29 AM 801 Views
But of course he did.. - 30/10/2012 02:13:07 PM 821 Views
I hate to get into these things - 29/10/2012 05:45:50 PM 862 Views
I would love for you to be right, because it would solve all our problems, but 0 is the challenge... - 29/10/2012 07:56:34 PM 818 Views
In the truest sense, you are probably right that it is skewed - 29/10/2012 08:20:52 PM 845 Views
Overwhelm Lanfear, not match her. *NM* - 29/10/2012 08:26:09 PM 420 Views
Truth is, Moiraine was being overly optimistic... - 29/10/2012 08:39:17 PM 767 Views
You're pathetic... - 30/10/2012 01:20:01 AM 706 Views
The quote isn't specific - 30/10/2012 08:32:36 AM 823 Views
Its highly specific... - 30/10/2012 02:15:38 PM 660 Views
Yet neither of them are at full potential and at least equal a Forsaken - 30/10/2012 03:45:24 PM 1311 Views
Honestly! - 30/10/2012 02:07:37 AM 756 Views
Re: In the truest sense, you are probably right that it is skewed - 29/10/2012 09:10:27 PM 762 Views
Lots of people mean perfectly normal distribution when they say it - 30/10/2012 05:25:35 PM 703 Views
Couldn't the Towers method of obtaining Aes Sedai be to blame? - 30/10/2012 12:04:01 AM 903 Views
Re: Couldn't the Towers method of obtaining Aes Sedai be to blame? - 30/10/2012 09:33:44 AM 828 Views
Are you sure about that? - 30/10/2012 12:03:43 PM 829 Views
Re: Are you sure about that? - 30/10/2012 12:19:34 PM 735 Views
That doesn't seem a coherent narrative to me - 30/10/2012 04:26:25 PM 1053 Views
Sharina did not have the Spark, nor did Nicola - 30/10/2012 05:16:40 PM 844 Views
Re: Sharina did not have the Spark, nor did Nicola - 30/10/2012 05:54:41 PM 725 Views
We do not know if Cadsuane or any of the Forsaken are Sparkers - 30/10/2012 10:33:55 PM 855 Views
you're confusing 2 things - 30/10/2012 04:27:32 AM 971 Views
+1 *NM* - 30/10/2012 09:17:07 AM 832 Views
Re: you're confusing 2 things - 30/10/2012 09:21:39 AM 802 Views
Not true... - 30/10/2012 11:49:57 AM 815 Views
One thing - 30/10/2012 05:23:17 PM 791 Views
That's the problem. The BC RJ has "built" has a minimum and a maximum value - 30/10/2012 05:48:55 PM 809 Views

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