To: OldNavyVet; Alamo-Girl; r9etb; MHGinTN; allmendream; Diamond; xzins; Quix; TXnMA; spirited irish
OldNavyVet, my problem is that I do not believe that "confidence levels" have anything to do with Truth. Truth is
prior to logic and reason, and all scientific techniques whatever.
Applying statistical techniques to "unbiased" data using the CLT can allow us, as you say, to make estimates and predictions. But the interest here is accuracy, not Truth.
JMHO FWIW
Good night!
97 posted on
11/01/2010 9:26:31 PM PDT by
betty boop
(Seek truth and beauty together; you will never find them apart. — F. M. Cornford)
To: betty boop
Betty ... It would be interesting to know how you define truth.
The best definition I’ve heard is that truth is the recognition of reality.
98 posted on
11/01/2010 9:36:52 PM PDT by
OldNavyVet
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