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- From: ECL4JN2@MVS.OAC.UCLA.EDU (Jack B. Nimble)
- Subject: Re: Can anyone tell me about this TV show?
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- Date: 20 Nov 92 16:13:16 PST
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- In article <1992Nov20.211635.3974@reed.edu>, on 20 Nov 92 21:16:35 GMT,
- nelson@reed.edu (Nelson Minar) writes:
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- I told you once before that your logic leaves something to be desired:
- >
- >There is a correlation between electric shaver use and cancer
- >
- >or, to put it another way,
- >
- >"The number of people in America who use electric shavers is X. (the
- >control group). The number of people in America with cancer who use
- >electric shavers is Y. Y is much greater than X, implying that the two
- >are correlated."
- >
- The number of people in America with cancer who use electric shavers
- is a subset of the number of people in America who use electric shavers.
- Therefore, Y must be less than or equal to X, which is the exact
- opposite of what you've said.
-
- =Jack=
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