Re:Supreme Court says criminal convictions require unanimous...
by naasking on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @04:52PM
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> In addition, as only 2 states in the US allowed for a majority conviction, the data set would necessarily be small
Small data set does not necessarily entail it's not statistically significant.
> So while I understand your point, as you stated, we have no other information and as such the numbers we would need to validate it simply don't and won't exist.
"Won't exist" is a pretty strong claim. I posited but one example where the original claim was false, but I can probably come up with dozens of other scenarios where simple majority or unanimity are clearly inferior as the only two options.
Small data set does not necessarily entail it's not statistically significant.
> So while I understand your point, as you stated, we have no other information and as such the numbers we would need to validate it simply don't and won't exist.
"Won't exist" is a pretty strong claim. I posited but one example where the original claim was false, but I can probably come up with dozens of other scenarios where simple majority or unanimity are clearly inferior as the only two options.