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Why should I put any weight to statistical results that are made with some unknown "formula" and is not presented in a standard way.

Instead of using the normal measures of mean, average, standard deviation and percentiles, we just used "formula" and voila, here is answer. Ok I'm going to continue to be sceptical of such results..




It's not unknown, all the groups publish their methodology in the open.

I'm now convinced you just want to be a contrarian, rather than learning about a system you don't understand.




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