[R] Inference for R Spam

[(Ted Harding)]

On 24-Feb-09 17:25:53, Dieter Menne wrote:
> Tony Breyal <tony.breyal <at> googlemail.com> writes:
> 
>>Cheers for that information; I've just registered for the useR meeting
>>in London and then about 10 minutes later got that same bit of spam
>>too which made me a wee bit suspicious.
> 
> Welcome in the Fooled by Randomness society. 2:0 is a bit away from 
> significance.  But don't tell this to football/soccer fans.
> 
> And, since my son asked me and I am basketball ignorant: Why are 
> basketball scores mostly much too close to equality? The arguments
> (loose power when leading)

Or: Once you are in the lead, become much more defensive against
attacking play by the other side ...
Ted.

> might suggest that 2:0 might not be significant, 
> but relevant. I tend to argue the other way round though, in medical 
> statistics.
> 
> Dieter
> 
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