http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2008/01/21/selection-bias-and-bombers/ The blog of John D. Cook Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:45:27 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2008/01/21/selection-bias-and-bombers/comment-page-1/#comment-28002 John Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:48:15 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2008/01/21/selection-bias-and-bombers/#comment-28002 Ling, I think the random firing assumption was justified at the time, given the state of technology. The standard error may have been larger than the size of an airplane. Ling, I think the random firing assumption was justified at the time, given the state of technology. The standard error may have been larger than the size of an airplane.

]]> http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2008/01/21/selection-bias-and-bombers/comment-page-1/#comment-27919 Ling Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:09:06 +0000 http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2008/01/21/selection-bias-and-bombers/#comment-27919 So is the assumption of random firing justified? So is the assumption of random firing justified?

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