Happiness on this scale was a question along the lines of "On a scale of 0 to 10, how happy are you?" and wealth was along the lines of GDP per capita for countries. Click through the link to see a useful graph. Also note that it's logarithmic on the x-scale.
For those who don't know what he's talking about: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_boxes_of_liberty
"There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo. Please use in that order."
It would be very apropos if the guy in court for jury nullification were acquitted through jury nullification. It would be difficult to avoid informing a jury of the concept if it's the subject of the case.
"I consider trial by jury as the only anchor yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution." - Thomas Jefferson (via the Internet)
See, that's the problem right there. They don't want to be held to the principles of the Constitution.
"When you have a group of people that only make up less then one third of a percent of the total population, the numbers will be wrong."
Statistically, the number you ask matters, not really the percentage of the population you're drawing inferences about. The real problem here is that you need the sample to be a random sample of the overall group you're interested in, which is extremely unlikely in this situation. And that's assuming the people you ask all tell the unbiased truth.
I wouldn't have felt the need to bring it up, except that you were already correcting someone else. I agree with you about the rates, not the totals, being the useful numbers.
Where was this? My experience in Maine was very reasonable, and we took longer to decide than the Judge wanted us to because we wanted to get it right.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_boxes_of_liberty
"There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo. Please use in that order."
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See, that's the problem right there. They don't want to be held to the principles of the Constitution.
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Paypal worth trusting?
Example: http://sourceforge.net/blog/warning-to-open-source-projects-know-your-rights-with-paypal/
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Statistically, the number you ask matters, not really the percentage of the population you're drawing inferences about. The real problem here is that you need the sample to be a random sample of the overall group you're interested in, which is extremely unlikely in this situation. And that's assuming the people you ask all tell the unbiased truth.
I wouldn't have felt the need to bring it up, except that you were already correcting someone else. I agree with you about the rates, not the totals, being the useful numbers.
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Trolling Twitter accounts?
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