> [the central point that everyone needs to focus on is the question "if the true
> number of violent deaths in Iraq was 60,000, how likely is it that there would
> be 300 violent deaths in a sample of 12,000?" and the answer "incredibly,
> laughably unlikely"]
Could you put a figure on it? Seriously, I'd be interested to know if there's a way of calculating the odds. _________________________________________________________________ Be one of the first to try Windows Live Mail. http://ideas.live.com/programpage.aspx?versionId=5d21c51a-b161-4314-9b0e-4911fb2b2e6d