a randy Oliver snip followed by > my comment
That data itself is nothing other than words and numbers, but can perhaps be mined with appropriate caution.

> Exactly correct.. some folks cannot see the forest for the trees and some cannot see the trees due to the forest.  

> with large data bases like this a person can get lost in the detail if your mind is unable to see 'the larger picture'. In most cases people who collect and analyze such data pretty much assume that error terms will cancel things out if the sample size is large enough.  Also always keep in mind a statistic tell you something about a population and nothing about an individual in that population.


Gene in Central Texas....

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