Originally posted by Davo:
Originally posted by MxRacerCamXXXL:
not even that high. i'd give him the benefit of the doubt and say he's even seen 100 people who think there is a conspiracy. whats the population of metro detroit alone? 3-4M??? assuming 3M, that's .003 percent. quite the statistical powerhouse.


What is more ridiculous? Me thinking a large portion of Pistons fans think there is a conspiracy, or you thinking the only people that think there is a conspiracy are people that I've encountered?



i never said that they were the only ones who think there is a conspiracy. creating false statements does not help your position.


Originally posted by Davo:

Originally posted by MxRacerCamXXXL:
first off, your concept of statistical validity is trash. the media certianly isn't a source of a representative sample. they will only be showing those who are "newsworthy". that plus four people on an internet message board equates to statistical significance? i think not.


I'm not sure who said there was a representative sample taken. In fact, I've said specifically otherwise. Representative sample doesn't even apply in these circumstances. So again, if you need any statistics/research methods help, I'd be willing to tutor you via PM.



so am i to understand that you consider less than 100 people to consitute a "large portion" as you put it? because 100 out of 3M or more also constitutes a large portion, eh?

and allow me to pre-empt any "most of what i've seen" or "large portion of what i've seen" comments. again, simply because it's what you, personally, have seen, does not qualify it to be applied to the whole portion of the fanbase.


an analogy:

i've seen 1 C6 ZO6 out of the 1000 corvettes that i have ever seen, therefore, a large portion of corvettes are C6 ZO6's.

see how this is flawed on several levels? not only is it illogical to apply this percentage to all corvettes, it's also a poor example of taking a representative sample of the population of corvettes.


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