re: Bama and 5* Recruits

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But you have to add disclaimers to statistics.

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No you dont, when you continue to add them, it skews the results to a favor of what you want them to be. Thats why many peoples stats are so misleading, because they skew the results with disclaimers to fit the argument they are trying to present

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All statistical models have parameters involved

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correct, but when you pick and choose which parameters from the basic set, you are manipulating the results in the way you want them to look.

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If you want to make the parameters broad enough, you can prove almost anything. I can argue that Auburn players are all serial killers*

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not really, but Id like to see you try. However if you add more and more disclaimers you can prove your arguments. for instance "in my imagination" you did not broaden the parameters and in fact narrowed them quite a bit