Re: New here questions on lyme and other

From: the 3rd Man <sir_der05@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:34:26 -0800 (PST)

On Feb 21, 6:38 pm, cowabungabartnewsgrouplea...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

If the test is no better than flipping a coin it doesn't matter
whether the blood is from the same person or not. NO the coin flip
analogy works it is based on the test not the test subject-

Huh?

Well, first of all, it just isn't a 50-50 coin flip.

But, in theory, I suppose an individual may have characteristics
different enough from the population that the tests were validated
upon to possibly make a difference...I suppose.

In other words, what's your universe?

In statistical theory, though, if the test population were properly
drawn...this probably wouldn't be the case.

.

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