Re: PBM deposits & value for money

From: mlwilliams <mwilliams@signal.dera.gov.uk>

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Greg Lindahl wrote:
>
> mlwilliams <mwilliams@signal.dera.gov.uk> writes:
>
> > Kerry has 'various sets of demographic data from various PBM companies'
> > to back up the 10% figure.... To offer up a counter-example when
> > somebody is talking statistics shows a lack of understanding.
>
> I know you like flaming me,

Definition of flame = 'everyone who disagrees with me'

> but my counter-example was about
> statistics. If only 10% of commercial game players in Kerry's sample
> played free games, how did Olympia get 200 players at its commercial
> launch, mostly folks who had played back when it was free? Think
> statistics. My sample and Kerry's sample are clearly different, in the
> statistical sense.
>
> > Smoking is bad for you - smokers die ten years earlier than non-smokers.
> >
> > ..yeah, but my grandad smokes and he's 106. *greg lights up*
>
> That's a good example of what I didn't claim.

I admit to only having a Ph.d in statistics but I consider 'Olympia' to
be one game and therefore to constitute a sample of one. Kerry's example
is indeed quite clearly different in the statistical sense - it is a
sample of _various_ data sets from _various_ pbm companies, it is not a
sample of one.

Put that cigarette down greg, you'll burn yourself. No flames required.

References

Re: PBM deposits & value for money
mlwilliams <mwilliams@signal.dera.gov.uk>
Thu, 09 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: PBM deposits & value for money
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Thu, 09 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Re: PBM deposits & value for money
mlwilliams <mwilliams@signal.dera.gov.uk>
Thu, 09 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: PBM deposits & value for money
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Thu, 09 Sep 1999 00:00:00 +0000