Columbia vs. Princeton

phantasmagoric
Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:22:53 +0000

^ I can’t believe you’re actually contesting whether my judgment of him after lunch could possibly be accurate, because lunch in a small group is not an “informal setting.” Either way, you say everything I would need to by continuing with your claim that somehow the data is wrong because he left Yale “in a huff.” (No evidence, not that it even matters–his reasons for going to Stanford are completely irrelevant to the data, and it’s just sad that you’re grasping for anything to show that the data is wrong.)



explain how ‘small margin of error’ allows accuracy. it allows the possibility of accuracy, but never the absolutism of accuracy.



I’m saying that in statistics, a margin of error like +/- 3% gives you reason to call the data “accurate.” That’s just how the word is used.

This topic has become pretty pointless, so until you’re ready to make a convincing argument with actual evidence (as in, real citations, not just “I’m certain, believe me, I know”) to back up your claims, we can just agree to disagree.