Re: Meta-Analysis Project: Help Wanted
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If I measure the batting averages for Barry Bonds over 500 at bats, Andruw Jones over 750 at bats and an above average minor league player over 1000 at bats, then average these for a batting average, I learn nothing. Especially if no one else observes these at-bats and I ask the baseball players to report the data to me themselves.
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What if all baseballs had 1 pound added to them, and the cumulative average dropped by .200. Sure it wouldn't mean jack [censored], but it would still be interesting.
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Yeah, and what if you juiced the players, corked the bats, livened the balls and shrunk the stadiums? It wouldn't mean jack, but you'd sure get a lot of HRs. (from metaphor to hijack)
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