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Article #5034Re: AUSTRALIAN SKEPTICS RENEGE ON THEIR OWN PROTOCOL
From: Peter Bowditch
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:20
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:20
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"|-|ercules" <radgray123@yahoo.com> wrote: >> On the ASS web site, it says >> >> "The test must give a definite yes or no result." >> >> http://www.skeptics.com.au/features/prize/ >> >> You want people to accept a test that says "yes" or "don't know". Such >> tests don't qualify. >> >> Sylvia. > > >That's per trial you idiot. So what? If you can't give a yes/no answer for each trial there is no test. > >You can't disprove a power unless the claim is 100% hit rate. As part of developing the protocol the claimant gets to say what the hit rate is that proves the power. Rarely is anything other than 100% mentioned. Of course if you claim that you can only get 50% of yes/no questions right you will be told to go away and stop bothering the grownups because you are clamming to perform at the level of chance. Now, to get back to basics - can you answer yes/no questions correctly and what proportion of the answers will be correct? Yes. 100%. There's a start for doing some testing. > >It's absurd that you are trying to do so. > >Herc -- Peter Bowditch aa #2243 The Millenium Project http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles Australian Council Against Health Fraud http://www.acahf.org.au To email me use my first name only at ratbags.com I'm @RatbagsDotCom on Twitter
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