(msnyder{at}redhat.com) writes:
> Mark Borgerson shat:
>> In article ,
>
>> > They picked them because they COULD obtain a very large
>> > and very representative sample from them.  It wasn't a few
>> > dozen -- it was a significant fraction of *all* of the large urban
>> > counties in the US, and "large" doesn't mean
"bigger than a
>> > million".
>>
>> A large sample---yes.  Representative of the whole US?   I doubt it,
>> or they would have said so.
>
> They did say so, Mark:

Well, Big Daddy Sir Galahad Borgerson's problem is a simple one,
and easily explains his latest MS-take.

The brain rot of Feminism has so afflicted his ability to even
read for comprehension, that of course, he MS-ed that part that
you so rightly point his snout at, Mr. Snyder, as his having
read it would have rendered his excuse moot.

>     The sample was drawn from State prosecutor files in 33 of the
>     75 [most populous counties in the U.S.].  The counties were
>     widely scattered, from Los Angeles and San Diego, Denver and
>     Dallas, to Philadelphia and Dade County (Miami).  [...] The 75
>     counties are where a little over half of all murders in the
>     nation occur.
>
> The sample, therefore is representative of a little over half
> of all murders in the U.S.

And, if any claimant to the contrary wants to make such a claim
it remains *their burden of proof* to show why their claim should
not be laughed at.

Bravo Zulu, Mr. Snyder.

Andre


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