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07/07/2003 Archived Entry: "Just how stupid can CNN be?"
Just how stupid can CNN be?
For the second time today, I've seen a graphic with the heading 'California Politics by the Numbers.'
This is just so goddam stupid, I can hardly believe it.
The comparison: Ahnold's 'Terminator II' grossed $72.5 million in its first 5 days of release. By contrast, Grey Davis still faces a $38.5 billion dollar deficit.
What in the world does one have to do with the other? Somebody straighten me out, here.
Replies: somebody speaks up.
Poor, Blah3. Just like the rest of your liberal ilk, you just don't get, do you?
It's almost embarrassing for me to state the obvious, but let me give it a whorl.
The Correlation Cooefficient (which can be designated by the Greek letter "rho") between the highest openning box office gross during the 4th of July weekend and the California budget is +0.83 (that's almost perfect positive correlation for those of you that didn't earn useless MBA's in Finance). Now this highly positive "rho," is what's referred to as "statistically significant."
The painfully obvious conclusion indicates that "T3" and the California budget are not random variables but rather causative elements in the data set.
Now do you get it?
Posted by Metropolitan99 @ 07/07/2003 07:39 PM NY
