Re: Signals and Noise (Virgos play basketball more than Taureans)

"Hermes" <hermes@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> However, this is not what was done. Instead a choice was made from
> all 12 signs and the one with the largest difference was drawn [4].
> The probability distribution for that is shown in graph D. There are
> two peaks centered around a difference of about 50. The probability
> that the difference is 68 or higher is in fact about 10%, not 3%
> as the Chi square test calculated for situation A would suggest by
> its p-value of 0.03.

RM: You might want to check your figures because this is what a series
of graphs is showing for computer simulated graphs:

http://tropical-astrology-research.googlegroups.com/web/30000%20Random%20graphs%20502%20samples.gif?gda=PFkbFVcAAAAQNA5N9Y5joLyqjZA9sbURqcwzgS4PiB-Ff9fs71yfz-G2sVwGLF-i21hNBTL4y6P52vn2uc0Apv9mSFrEE5snN_K78gsxb7mo4XNV3P57PWiQQ6Luud0Msx1MQX9z04Q&gsc=RHb_BAsAAAAfFZ0zSxdASeUeQYQlz6fk

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Ray