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Appropriate measure of correlation with 'zero-inflated' data?
2007 Oct 25
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Appropriate measure of correlation with 'zero-inflated' data?
...ll in most other countries) I should explain that many, many universities and colleges have football teams but each team only plays 10-15 games per season, so not every team will play every other team. The game is so rough that it is not feasible to play more than one match per week and a national playoff after the regular season is impractical. It would take too long and the players are, in theory, students first and athletes second. In place of a national playoff there are various polls of coaches or sports writers that purport to rank teams nationally. Several analysts also publish computer-ba...
For Whom the Gaza Bell Tolls -- Part 1 and 2 -- Obama’s Mideast Jewish Wet Dream Team
2009 Jan 28
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For Whom the Gaza Bell Tolls -- Part 1 and 2 -- Obama’s Mideast Jewish Wet Dream Team
...eir pensions, and their access to health care.? While Roberts et al. may be right that each and every American taxpayer bears some responsibility for the carnage in Gaza, the fact is that most Americans are tired of violence in the far-away Middle East. Besides, the economy is in the tank, the NFL playoffs are in progress, and the kids have to go back to school. Everyday life takes priority for most Americans. Unfortunately, such short-sightedness will not do, for the pitiful denizens of Gaza are not the last targets of the Israeli army or the worldwide network of Diaspora Jews. The dispossession o...
For Whom the Gaza Bell Tolls -- Part 1 and 2 -- Obama’s Mideast Jewish Wet Dream Team
2009 Jan 28
2
For Whom the Gaza Bell Tolls -- Part 1 and 2 -- Obama’s Mideast Jewish Wet Dream Team
...eir pensions, and their access to health care.? While Roberts et al. may be right that each and every American taxpayer bears some responsibility for the carnage in Gaza, the fact is that most Americans are tired of violence in the far-away Middle East. Besides, the economy is in the tank, the NFL playoffs are in progress, and the kids have to go back to school. Everyday life takes priority for most Americans. Unfortunately, such short-sightedness will not do, for the pitiful denizens of Gaza are not the last targets of the Israeli army or the worldwide network of Diaspora Jews. The dispossession o...