I'm not a statistician, Keith, but a friend of mine is (he works for the census bureau and deals with statistics all the time) took a look at some of Ake's posts. He commented that the way Ake interpreted some of the statistics was like—and I stole his phrase and posted it on the Prop 8 thread—claiming that all those with prostate cancer are male.

As they say:    "Well, DUH!!!"

It may sound impressive and learnèd, but it's not statistically significant. It ignores the bigger picture and tells you nothing beyond what is self-evident.

Don Firth