In article <dn7cs395909tpqluoqbtfb005bek1qdpi9@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Robert <no@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:29:05 -0700, Howard Brazee <howard@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
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>>On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:16:35 -0600, Robert <no@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>>Here's a handy statistic: average number of lifetime abortions per
>woman in the US: 1.0
>>
>>Except that any statistic that uses "average" requires further
>>definition.
>>
>>And in this case, maybe it can be confusing when there are women who
>>stopped being fertile about when abortions became legal - how did they
>>determine the woman's lifetime for this statistic.
>
>It's a statistical average.
>
>In 1990, the peak year:
>
>1.6M (abortions per year) * 85 (life expectancy) / 140M (female
>population) = 1.0
Wow, a 'statistical average'? Like:
Three guys in a bar. Each has a net worth of US$200,000 so their average
net worth is US$200,000.
Bill Gates walks in so everyone should get happy; their average net worth
now makes them billionaires.
*That* kind of 'statistical average'? 'There are lies, damned lies and
statistics.' - M Twain.
DD
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