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::Secondly, I note that your article does not compare your data set to the general 18-45 population, but instead compares it to the general population of 'all ages', quoting an ''average'' age of diagnosis of 64 - which is clearly outside your terms of reference.    I'm afraid there's absolutely nothing correct here with any of your reasoning, which not only fails Statistics 101, but fails it in the first semester.  This article is specious nonsense.  [[User:Bongabill|Bongabill]] 14:59, 4 May 2008 (EDT)
 
::Secondly, I note that your article does not compare your data set to the general 18-45 population, but instead compares it to the general population of 'all ages', quoting an ''average'' age of diagnosis of 64 - which is clearly outside your terms of reference.    I'm afraid there's absolutely nothing correct here with any of your reasoning, which not only fails Statistics 101, but fails it in the first semester.  This article is specious nonsense.  [[User:Bongabill|Bongabill]] 14:59, 4 May 2008 (EDT)
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==An example of why this is falacious reasoning==
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==An example of why this is fallacious reasoning==
 
# The incidence of homosexuality in the general population is about 2-3%[http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/homosexuality/ho0095.html].
 
# The incidence of homosexuality in the general population is about 2-3%[http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/homosexuality/ho0095.html].
 
# Evangelical preachers Ted Haggard, Paul Barnes, and Roy Clements were found to be homosexuals.
 
# Evangelical preachers Ted Haggard, Paul Barnes, and Roy Clements were found to be homosexuals.
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