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    Statistics Abuse...

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6250189.stm

    Wow... a sample size of 45 out of millions of notes. Yep, someone there needs to take a lesson in basic statistics.

    #2
    Does that mean that 100% of the Irish are on cocaine?

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      #3
      nah - means 100% of Dublin City Researchers are cocaine users.

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        #4
        It’s true that the sample size is too small to draw any statistical inference. However that’s never stopped people in the past. Criminal convictions, whole political and religious policies have been based on weaker evidence.
        Drivel is my speciality

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          #5
          The scientists at Dublin's City University
          They're students hence the lack of bank notes

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