tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266300416434206693.post3250023502715544575..comments2023-08-11T12:04:42.077+02:00Comments on The Church of Rationality: Learned in First Semester, Quickly ForgottenLemmusLemmushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00917054221547240969noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266300416434206693.post-1032590977301359952008-02-23T17:53:00.000+01:002008-02-23T17:53:00.000+01:00I guess the question you'd be asking here is wheth...I guess the question you'd be asking here is whether the Bridgend population could be considered (statistically) a random sampling from the overall Welsh population.pjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832177812057826894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266300416434206693.post-8298418586786725872008-02-22T17:41:00.000+01:002008-02-22T17:41:00.000+01:00Hmm...but your scenario doesn't seem to apply here...Hmm...but your scenario doesn't seem to apply here - that is, if I'm reading you correctly, which I'm not sure about: That is one complex sentence you've delivered.LemmusLemmushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00917054221547240969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266300416434206693.post-22467877449483954322008-02-22T14:26:00.000+01:002008-02-22T14:26:00.000+01:00I seem to remember having a very long argument wit...I seem to remember having a very long argument with someone about this - probably on badscience - where I defended statistical testing of this nature (I think it was to do with comparing different years) by framing it in terms of each population (e.g. health board) being randomly sampled (instantiated) from a hypothetical archetypal population described by a set of descriptive statistics with the statistical tests being interpreted as asking whether the latest population/instantiation can still be credibly described as being 'drawn' from that archetypal population i.e. asking if the population structure is really changing over time. <BR/><BR/>But people got pissed of with me, so perhaps I shouldn't pursue it ;-)pjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06832177812057826894noreply@blogger.com