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cheerios: "Saying that my opinion isn't statistically sound, for example, isn't quite true"
I dont believe I said your opinion wasnt statistically sound. Because that doesnt even make sense. An opinion is not susceptible to scientific, mathematical, statistical or logical analysis. An opinion merely is. However, I said, or at least I tried to say, that your experience of the greek system is not statistically significant. Your personal interactions with members of the greek collegiate life consititute way too small a sample of the total to be meaningful in making an sort of useful or realistic generalizations about the whole. And, to take it a step further, it is my contention that, regardless of the statistical validity of the sample (ie have you met a majority of all the members of a given set), that generalizations about groups of people en masse are useless, because no one person will ever exactly fit the model that even the most statistically accurate study could create. Every person is a unique individual unto him or herself. The "average greek" or "average American" or "average salesman" or "average" anything is pink unicorn with polka dot wings. That person doesnt exist. So, while those numbers may be useful for marketing purposes, for example, they are completely void of an utility in personal, one on one interaction.
Of course, thats just my opinion, I could be wrong.
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