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Article #362Re: EDITORIAL: Californians say "Mass Transit" but still prefer to drive alone
From: Robert Cote
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 18:57
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 18:57
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In article <3B83F362.B6858B08@but.us.chickens>, David Nebenzahl <nobody@but.us.chickens> wrote: > Robert Cote wrote: > > > In article <3B83940C.33E37CF3@erols.com>, > > Larry Gross <lcgross@erols.com> wrote: > > [snippola] > > > > And yes.. most cars are SOV > > > > Oh? Really? Most? Not. > > This just in: empirical evidence (mainly from observations from 101 & 280 > in Bay Area) confirms that yes, most cars are SOV: my guess would be 80%. There's a difference between empirical and anecdotal. Not suprising that you'd mistake anecdote (which has value as anecdote) for empirical (which delineates criteria for observations). For instance, in this case a few factors that need to be considered: Is there only one person in the car just because you only saw one? Are you observing part of a trip after a drop off? Is the 101/280 in any way representative? Is your guess of 80% actually what you saw or was there abservational bias or perhaps misrepresentation of the actual data? Is time of day representative? Since you were observing did you affect the local conditions? I know for one that I'd get my SUV full of kids as far away from you as possible for instance. Learn scientific process and stop guessing and stop mischaracterizing anecdote as empirical evidence. How's your Price-Anderson analysis coming along?
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