Here's a "teachable moment" for your stats courses. Bill O'Rielly says that it is "to be expected" that Canada's life expectancy is higher that the US's because the US has 10 times as many people. http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200907270052
Paul Krugman (who, despite his Nobel, apparently doesn't get out much these days) says he is left "speechless" by this inane claim. http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/speechless/?emc=eta1 Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
