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To: trubolotta
The endpoint is what it is, no different than calculating the number of dice rolls to get a 7, 8, 9 or any other number I want to test as an endpoint. There is no goal, just a result and how long it might take to get it.

If you are testing a particular endpoint, how is that not a goal? "No goal" would be calculating the number of dice rolls necessary to get "a" number, not "this" number.

153 posted on 05/28/2012 12:17:10 PM PDT by Ha Ha Thats Very Logical
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To: Ha Ha Thats Very Logical

A goal implies a result achieved by some deliberate action or plan. We set goals to obtain a result. There is no particular way I can roll the dice to get the result I want. The process of rolling the dice could care less about my goal, and the outcome is independent of how I roll the dice. If rolling a 7 is my goal, I won’t get it any faster or slower just because I made it a goal, but only because of the probability of the roll and how fast I can throw the dice. Because 7 is a possible enpoint, I can calculate a probability.


155 posted on 05/28/2012 12:32:53 PM PDT by trubolotta
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