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0 pointsargonaut10y ago0 comments

I wasn't claiming he was harder on the students. I was claiming that there is absolutely no evidence he was popular because he gave out easy As. So you're agreeing with me.

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caskance10y ago

I studied there, and during that time, spoke to and tutored many such students. Anecdotal evidence is better than no evidence.

argonautOP10y ago

And I brought to you a non-anecdotal, total-population statistic. Again, justifying the null hypothesis (that there is no evidence he was any harder or easier on students in the grade distribution).

caskance10y ago

No, you repeated Coward's own assertion, stripped of its original context.

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chris_wot10y ago

"Anecdotal evidence is better than no evidence".

Goodness! You mean the anti-vaxxers might have been onto something?

caskance10y ago

Sure, why not? It's hardly justified to deny the validity of every single step in someone's reasoning just because their conclusion was incorrect.

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caskance10y ago

I studied there, and during that time, spoke to and tutored many such students. Anecdotal evidence is better than no evidence.

argonautOP10y ago

And I brought to you a non-anecdotal, total-population statistic. Again, justifying the null hypothesis (that there is no evidence he was any harder or easier on students in the grade distribution).

caskance10y ago

No, you repeated Coward's own assertion, stripped of its original context.

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chris_wot10y ago

"Anecdotal evidence is better than no evidence".

Goodness! You mean the anti-vaxxers might have been onto something?

caskance10y ago

Sure, why not? It's hardly justified to deny the validity of every single step in someone's reasoning just because their conclusion was incorrect.

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