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  4. Newsgroups: bit.listserv.stat-l
  5. Date:         Tue, 17 Nov 1992 08:24:59 EST
  6. Sender:       "STATISTICAL CONSULTING" <STAT-L@MCGILL1.BITNET>
  7. From:         McClelland_R%PSB%BLS@NIH3PLUS.BITNET
  8. Subject:      Re: Rule of thumb
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  11. |Date: 11-17-92  8:20am
  12. |From: McClelland_R:PSB:BLS
  13. |  To: {STAT-L@MCGILL1}:BITNET:NIH
  14. |Subj: Re: Rule of thumb
  15. |In-Reply-To: Message from {STAT-L@MCGILL1}:BITNET of 11-16-92
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  17.  
  18. >PS from/to Russ Lenth:
  19.  
  20. >> PS - I'm told that the term "rule of thumb" has to do with the size
  21. of
  22. >> stick a husband may use to beat his wife (presumably in places like
  23. >> Iowa where the ERA was just defeated).  I suggest we use more
  24. tasteful
  25. >> terminology.
  26. >>
  27. >Interesting point, which I would rather not have learned. Is a phrase
  28. >in poor taste if (almost) no one using it knows where it came from?
  29.  
  30. Let's try to unwind a bit. It is just a saying.
  31.  
  32. Rob McClelland
  33.