Re: Why Beijing?

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Brian M. Scott wrote:
> Yes, but Aidan is correct in saying that a single example
> does not disprove a *correlation*.  We all know that it's
> perfectly possible for a man six feet tall to weigh less
> than a man who stands only 5' 9", but there is still a
> positive correlation between the heights and weights of U.S.
> adult males: if all you know about A and B is that A is
> taller than B, you will be right more often than not if you
> guess that A is also heavier than B.

"Bayesian inference" are the keywords:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_statistics

The opposite is known as "cherry picking":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_picking

-- Ekki