[Roger Hunter]

(02-25-2017, 09:32 PM)Duffy Wrote: AH! yes I did, but not by your doing ... we all have problems.

I have been annoyed at myself for shaming you into participating in something you clearly stated was not your main priority.  And of course I want and appreciate your help, the last thing I want to do is cause offence. I'm just having trouble determining how you could give definitive reason (several times) why my last test results amounted to the same probability as tossing a coin.  But this time, you have asked on two occasions what these numbers are for, you can see from my point of view how confusing this sounds. I am accepting your every word because you are the scientist, I am trying to show you that I believe my hypothesis is worthy of further investigation. The detail in this test has to be analysed with detail from the last test for comparison. If your telling me your not remembering detail, then what am I supposed to think !  I know not of your situation, nor you of mine, but again I am sorry if I caused offence. I am trying to interpret where I stand with this, from words on a screen ... nothing personal intended.

Duffy

Duffy;

>> I have been annoyed at myself for shaming you into participating in something you clearly stated was not your main priority.

Nonsense. I have no shame!

>>  And of course I want and appreciate your help, the last thing I want to do is cause offence. I'm just having trouble determining how you could give definitive reason (several times) why my last test results amounted to the same probability as tossing a coin.

Small samples are generally worthless for determining odds.

>>  But this time, you have asked on two occasions what these numbers are for, you can see from my point of view how confusing this sounds.

Multiple possibilities need clarification.

 >>  I am accepting your every word because you are the scientist,

Bit of a stretch. Government called me a geophysicist but their standards are not that high. I worked in a scientific field, that's all.

>> I am trying to show you that I believe my hypothesis is worthy of further investigation. The detail in this test has to be analysed with detail from the last test for comparison. If your telling me your not remembering detail, then what am I supposed to think !  I know not of your situation, nor you of mine, but again I am sorry if I caused offence.

No, just surprised at the tone. And my memory IS short. I spend a lot of time figuring out what I was doing last week.

>>  I am trying to interpret where I stand with this, from words on a screen ... nothing personal intended.

Not to worry. You have something worth investigating. I'm guessing it's just chance, that any random date/time would give similar results, but until I can check out several thousand cases I won't KNOW that's the case. And THAT takes a program, which I'm losing sleep over.

Roger