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There are likely more patients than doctors, so the inference is statistically correct.

• sokoloff 7y ago
  That depends on what population selection data you choose to consider/admit. As an example, suppose a cell phone appears at the local supermarket/grocery store every weekday from 9 AM to 5 PM. If you conclude that phone is owned by an extremely avid supermarket shopper rather than a store manager, you're ignoring the persistence over time dimension. If you claim that it's more likely a cashier rather than a store manager (because there are more cashiers than managers), you're on much firmer ground than if you claim it's more likely a shopper than a store manager just because there are wildly more shoppers than managers.