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- From: c23st@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (Spiros Triantafyllopoulos)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: Before Buying Japanese.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.194635.7009@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 19:46:35 GMT
- References: <1993Jan19.083408.4345@informix.com> <1993Jan20.174633.5868@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <C17oxK.FKF@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
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- In article <C17oxK.FKF@ccu.umanitoba.ca> cshafai@eeserv.ee.umanitoba.ca (Cyrus Shafai) writes:
- >If you look carefully at the CR statistics, you will see that there is only
- >a 2 or 3 percent difference between each of the ratings (ie. average to
- >better than average). This is on the level of statistical noise. SO
- >unless there is a big difference (ie. from much better than average to
- >better than average) results from CR are meaningless.
-
- 'CR Statistics' is an oxymoron.
-
- Unless CR can prove that they have used a sample population
- representative of the actual population of course...
-
- CR is great for getting you to THINK about features, but I have had
- serious questions about their credibility ever since I bought a
- lawnmower based on what they said... Just like in cars, they were
- quick to point out flaws or potential flaws in SOME brands but MAJOR
- flaws were sometimes ignored in SOME brands.
-
- Spiros (married to a statistician...)
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- Spiros Triantafyllopoulos c23st@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com
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