Re: Why Beijing?

["Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 30 Dec 2006 12:52:09 -0800, <ekkilu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
<news:1167511929.531019.279330@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
in sci.lang:

> 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:

Not really.  One needn't know anything about Bayesian
inference to know about correlation.

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Brian