RM>Ok... Now supposed we expand the sample to a larger group.
RM>Your expectation is that all the other factors will even
RM>out; I contend that that is highly unlikely....
CB>In statistics it is recognized that there are uncontrollable factors 
CB>that may influence a study, and as a result a good study establishes, in 
CB>advance, a level of success at which chance is no longer a likely 
CB>factor.  (I did some of these lengthy calculations by hand back in the 
CB>70's - now I can't even remember what the process is called.)  
From what followed, I think you're referring to degree of
confidence calculations... I, too, am a little fuzzy on this
topic, and will have to review a bit.  I'll see what I can
pull back together to see if (and how) this might influence
our discussion...
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