Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 06:08:02 -0500
Reply-To: Peter Flom <flom@NDRI.ORG>
Sender: "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From: Peter Flom <flom@NDRI.ORG>
Subject: Re: Definition of Mature
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I wrote
> No no, statisticians CREATE uncertainty and ambiguity.
>
> :-)
>
Tony replied
<<<
Wow. I thought that the data created that.
>>>
Naaah. The data are always perfectly clear until we statisitcians start
looking at it :-)
Assumptions!
Outliers!
Null hypotheses!
Phooey! The drug works and there are no side effects (since Tony
mentioned clinical work)
:-)
Peter