[Skywise]

(03-15-2015, 01:25 AM)Roger Hunter Wrote:

(03-15-2015, 01:01 AM)Skywise Wrote: Test the null hypothesis. Try randomizing date/times of the quakes. Keep the random date/time within the same time span.

Do you have a reason to think the average number is not a good null hypothesis?

The idea is, if there is no relationship between sun-moon angles and earthquake timing, then randomizing the quake times should result in a qualitative if not quantitatively similar graph.

Flip a penny 100 times. I would not be surprised by seeing the 10 heads in a row. Even 20. Sometimes you get lucky.

(03-15-2015, 01:25 AM)Roger Hunter Wrote: Is attaching the image the right way to insert it? Seems to work ok.

Looked good to me. To be honest, the graph didn't look terribly "peaky" to me so doesn't seem to me that the peaks are particularly significant.

But as we know, numbers don't lie.

Brian