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Article #18490Re: Shoe Salesman?
From: Brian Diehm
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1987 17:29
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1987 17:29
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>I do not disagree with you; I have seen computer salesmen who are
>barely qualiied to plug a computer in, let alone explain how one
>works. However, that does *not* give you license to generalize.
Actually, it does. Remember that statistics are valid, for a population. The
problem comes when people forget the last clause and extrapolate the population
statistics to the individuals. As you just did.
Statistics can tell you EVERYTHING about a given population. They tell you
NOTHING about any individual in that population.
Of course, with the number of people in our society who are unable to under-
stand that subtle difference, I don't wonder at your taking umbrage from a
defensive posture. . .
--
-Brian Diehm (SDA - Standard Disclaimers Apply)
Tektronix, Inc.
briand@tekig4.TEK.COM or {decvax,cae780,uw-beaver}!tektronix!tekig4!briand
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rutgers!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!tektronix!tekig!tekig4!briand From: briand@tekig4.TEK.COM (Brian Diehm) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Shoe Salesman? Message-ID: <1847@tekig4.TEK.COM> Date: Tue, 25-Aug-87 13:29:01 EDT Article-I.D.: tekig4.1847 Posted: Tue Aug 25 13:29:01 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Aug-87 00:43:27 EDT References: <kVA9F8y00Vg6V2w09m@andrew.cmu.edu> Reply-To: briand@tekig4.UUCP (Brian Diehm) Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 19