The stats are a general representation of what's been submitted so far (not
every single Dakota out there). Do they mean anything other than what pings
and what doesn't for the DML...nope. At least not until there's a
substantial amount of people who have sent in their information (pinging and
non-pinging).
Do I care if you rain on my parade...it's a free country. Does it mean
anything to me that you have a minor in stats...nope.
- Bernd
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
To: 'DML'
Subject: Re: DML: Ping Report - Status
Not to rain on your parade, but the stats below are meaningless unless you
qualify them as to their actual proportions in the wild. IOW, suppose that
80% of DML'ers have auto trannies - if 80% of pinging problems are with
auto-equipped trucks, then there is no difference attributable to tranny
type; however, you don't know that 80% of DML'ers have auto trannies.
To do it correctly, you would have to poll every DML'er (or at least a large
representative portion) and have them report all truck stats and whether or
not the truck pings - only then can you have meaningful statistics.
btw, I did have a minor in stats in grad school ;-)
-- '92 Dak CC 2wd 318 3.55 '84 GoldWing Interstate
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