Posted on 02/25/2008 3:54:54 PM PST by blam
Some data supports this observation: If you hold the phone to your right ear you will tend to buy whatever the caller is selling. If you hold the phone to your left ear you will filter out the BS.
Algore is already working on scheme to impose cellphoneyyy RF credits and tax.
"Statistical significance is a statement about conditional probability, nothing else. It does not guarantee that something important, or even meaningful, has been found." - Hays and Winkler, STATISTICS
Almost every "study" that you hear of hangs its hat on statistical significance without mentioning STRENGTH of correlation. That is, how strongly were the results correlated with the test variables? Often, the correlation is very weak, so that in many cases the individual results were in fact opposite to the affect being touted.
The quoted caveat is pointing out that the inferences are based on a hypothetical model, and the statistical significance test says that this model, which is governed by pure randomness, is unlikely to some high degree to produce the given result.
I refuse to own or use a cellphone, I firmly believe there is so much money involved that they will do anything to say they are safe.
cellphones to me are more dangerous than mis-handled guns, yes they have their usefulness but the users approach is just not hitting the mark yet.
“A more extensive study with 50-100 volunteers is now planned at STUK.”
I’m sure there will be. Especially if they all have to slip into a skimpy black negligee. (Well - at least the gals!).
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