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Am I misunderstanding this, or is there a word missing from a key sentence in the abstract? "There was also a pattern of considerable within group variability.
by blunte 5y ago
Am I misunderstanding this, or is there a word missing from a key sentence in the abstract?
"There was also a pattern of considerable within group variability."
How does this get published with an obvious mistake in the abstract?
- pdonis 5y ago"Within group variability" is a term of art in statistics. Someone not well versed in the jargon would probably write the sentence as "There was also a pattern of considerable variability within the groups studied."
- kwantam 5y agoIt's not wrong per se, but it is poorly written: "within-group variability" is preferred (by most style manuals) because the hyphen makes clear that "within" modifies "group".
- zaroth 5y agoRead it this way; There was also a pattern of considerable within-group variability.
- blunte 5y agoThank you. Now I finally get it. That hyphen makes a big difference.