A Statistical Issue In The Opera Measurement

Tuesday, January 3, 2012 - 20:40 in Mathematics & Economics

Update: I have modified the title of this post [originally: "Opera's Statistical Booboo"] and the text below (in place I marked accordingly) upon realizing, thanks to a very good point raised by a reader in the comments thread below, that the idealization I was making of the measurement I am describing below made my conclusions too hasty. Read the text to the end if you want more detail. read more

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