Comments on: On statistics http://archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/2011/10/08/on-statistics/ Wed, 22 May 2013 13:02:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mark Robinson http://archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/2011/10/08/on-statistics/#comment-10650 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 06:36:19 +0000 http://archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/?p=6247#comment-10650 Heh. And they illustrate the worst-case by only starting with two data points before extrapolating. In the same way that you need more than two notes for a chord or two vegetables for a salad or two murders to be a serial killer, you need more than two points on a graph to even begin to establish what the curve might look like.

Armed with a spreadsheet and a ruler, I’m off to make my fortune on the stock market…

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