The First Statistical Account of Scotland published between 1791 and 1799 records how the climate of the area was pleasant enough for "natives of the East and West Indies" to live there.
They also used statistical tricks to account for factors like income and education.
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Second, adjust the statistical results downward to account for differences between test conditions and the real world.
The computer robot would then suggest the most logical output based on mathematical computation that yielded the best results within a given time period, taking into account potential statistical probabilities for failures and unpredicted consequences.
However, when he modified his statistical methods to take into account the fact that he was testing 24 hypotheses, not one, the boundary of significance dropped dramatically.
Second, account for those varying statistical norms during different eras.
At their presentation in Phoenix, summarizing research for a paper to be finished soon, they compared the world ranking of the top 200 players to a ranking of those same players' skill levels calculated using a statistical model they also devised, which simultaneously takes into account players' adjusted tournament scores and the difficulty of the courses.
But this cannot account for the scale of the recent rise in the statistical discrepancy because growth in trade has slowed since 2007.
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