I have a degree in statistics, I can tell you he substantially focused on 60’s vs today and glossed over or didnt adequately address a ‘theoretical’ or ‘presumptive’ firming up or resurgence in the last 5-10-15 years or whatnot.
Yeah, you could say in the segment where he addressed Church closings he addressed the last 10 years. But on nearly every other factor(marriage, baptisms, first communions) it was strictly comparing a date from the 60’s to a recent current date. These kind of comparisons only would hide a firming up and so he didnt really address things wholly.
Of course I could be wrong on some minor point, I didnt watch this twice, but noticed it from a statistical standpoint that he didnt paint a complete picture, nor did he do hand waving to address. Which is not to say there is a hidden firming up in the data, its just that he walked around it, didnt directly address it and it really was the purpose of the series. !!!!!
I believe you if you say so, as I have no such expertise. Why don’t you send Voris your assessment for his clarification. And let us know if he responds.
There are statistics and then there are damn statistics.
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