Stop abusing my statistics!
Posted by spooneybarger Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:25:00 GMT
Three hundred dollars’ worth of meals later, the young researchers had their data back from Guelph: 2 of the 4 restaurants and 6 of the 10 grocery stores had sold mislabeled fish.
The results of Ms. Strauss and Ms. Stoeckle’s research are being published in Pacific Fishing magazine, a publication for commercial fishermen. The sample size is too small to serve as an indictment of all New York fishmongers and restaurateurs, but the results are unlikely to be a mere statistical fluke.
Really? How exactly is that unlikely to be mere statistical fluke given a sample size of 4 restaurants and 10 grocery stores.
O wait, how about we also get into sampling methodology…
Nah,
really, if you are going to make a statistics statement or use statistics to back something up, you should have at least a basic understanding. Other than that, its an interesting article…