Slightly off topic, but apropos

["Neil, David M" <neildm@id.doe.gov>]

This article, on another subject, has some good pointers on dealing with statistics and the claims made from them.



http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,114991,00.html



A lot of it is just common-sense skepticism, but then that seems to go out the window when the quote is from "Dr So N. Sew PDQ, XYZ, Director of the Institute of Neat-Sounding Stuff"  }:-)



Dave Neil

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