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- From: jnielsen@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (John F Nielsen)
- Subject: Re: Before Buying Japanese.
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- In article <1993Jan21.194635.7009@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com> c23st@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (Spiros Triantafyllopoulos) writes:
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- >'CR Statistics' is an oxymoron.
- >
- >Unless CR can prove that they have used a sample population
- >representative of the actual population of course...
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- Why is that necessary for what they are trying to show. Unless the
- people answering the questionaires are morons or like to lie, the
- data is useful, it is not that hard to know when you got a repair.
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- >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.
- >
-
- So, what did they mess up on?
-
- john
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