[lbo-talk] Re: Ralph Nader, Suicide Bomber

John Adams jadams01 at sprynet.com
Thu May 6 14:14:59 PDT 2004


On Thursday, May 6, 2004, at 10:37 AM, Miles Jackson wrote:


> No, they're not experiments. In an experiment, you manipulate the
> causal factor (indepedent variable) and assess the change in another
> factor. They are interesting econ data, but they're not
> experimental data.

Really? So when you apply a varied set of pricing changes over time across a chain of few hundred stores on an item or a set of items throughout your chain and see how the sales of these and substitute commodities respond, you aren't experimenting (among other things)?

All the best,

John A



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