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Re:How Likely Is Someone Accused of Assault by Multiple Peop... by jmount on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @04:06PM (#8790226)
I agree. A large count at best proves non-independence (or contamination). It really doesn't address if the contamination is a guilty party, a smear campaign or self-correlating accusations. The original article gave too much credence to the possibility of calculation solving this by even trying to work things as far as it did.
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Re:How Likely Is Someone Accused of Assault by Multiple Peop... by Retra on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @05:55PM (#8790682)
That was my first thought on reading the title: a million accusations is no better than one unless you can prove they are independent.
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