[TowerTalk] Divining rods

[gdaught6 at stanford.edu]

Dave wrote...

> statistics itself is an 
> extremely rigorous discipline.  Wrong answers from statistics almost 
> always come from one of two failures:
> 
> 1.  Not properly understanding the physical process to which statistical 
> analysis was applied.  It happens all the time when people run a test 
> without taking into account all the variables.  

I am reminded of the basketball coach who had an assistant keep records of his 
team's performance.  There was a very high correlation between points scored and 
fouls committed.  His advice to his players was, of course, "Get out there and foul!"

73,

 George T Daughters, K6GT
CU in the California QSO Party (CQP)
October 2-3, 2010