Re: How to determine if a number is statistically meaningful

From: davegb (davegb_at_safebrowse.com)
Date: 03/22/05 

Date: 22 Mar 2005 07:41:16 -0800

Richard,
Thanks for your reply.

"There is not any magic in "statistics" to determine a threshold."

Well, that's a big disappointment! Not to mention disallusionment. I
thought that one of you statistics wizards would cough up a formula
before breakfast that even an engineer could understand.

Will check out IMDB, and maybe Consumer Reports. Seems to me they deal
with this issue all the time. What I thought, when I started, would be
a simple inquiry has turned into quite a chase.
Thanks again.