Re: STATISTICAL ACCURACY / PROBABILITY ?
Posted by chris in suburbia on December 28, 2004 at 04:57:11:

Christopher...this is not what I do, but I have been casually watching occurence of quakes for 16 years so could comment....can you link to or type in the exact prediction you are talking about? There is about 1 Great quake/yr. So, there is better than 1 in 100 chance that you would catch one in a 4 day window. And, if there are 100 people making predictions like this, or 1 person making 100 predictions, there is a pretty good chance they will get it by chance. Was the prediction really very clear that it was greater than M8?
Chris


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     ● better odds wasby chance - chris in suburbia  05:00:00 - 12/31/2004  (24128)  (0)
     ● Re: STATISTICAL ACCURACY / PROBABILITY ? - Roger Hunter  07:32:21 - 12/28/2004  (24051)  (2)
        ● Re: STATISTICAL ACCURACY / PROBABILITY ? - christopher  08:01:59 - 12/29/2004  (24076)  (2)
           ● Re: STATISTICAL ACCURACY / PROBABILITY ? - Don in Hollister  12:54:35 - 12/29/2004  (24082)  (1)
              ● WHOA! WAIT A MINUTE ! - Cathryn  21:23:20 - 12/29/2004  (24089)  (1)
                 ● Re: WHOA! WAIT A MINUTE ! - Roger Hunter  06:50:05 - 12/30/2004  (24096)  (1)
                    ● Re: WHOA! WAIT A MINUTE ! - Cathryn  20:14:09 - 12/30/2004  (24118)  (0)
           ● Re: STATISTICAL ACCURACY / PROBABILITY ? - Roger Hunter  10:14:46 - 12/29/2004  (24078)  (1)
              ● Here's the "prediction" - Roger Hunter  11:34:57 - 12/29/2004  (24080)  (2)
                 ● ERROR - Cathryn  21:31:50 - 12/29/2004  (24090)  (1)
                    ● Re: ERROR - Roger Hunter  06:52:07 - 12/30/2004  (24097)  (1)
                       ● Re: ERROR - Cathryn  20:15:06 - 12/30/2004  (24119)  (0)
                 ● Re: Here's the "prediction" - marc / SF  13:24:56 - 12/29/2004  (24083)  (1)
                    ● Re: Here's the "prediction" - Cathryn  02:54:58 - 12/30/2004  (24094)  (0)
        ● Re: STATISTICAL ACCURACY / PROBABILITY ? - Canie  18:02:18 - 12/28/2004  (24073)  (0)