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Dennis the Denver dentist and Laura the Louisiana lawyer
- TheSOB88 17y agoInteresting idea, but some of the interpretations are way off. The Jerry/Walter thing is weird. Why would you compare the Dennises against a group of similar size instead of just comparing the ratios betwen Dennises and everyone? I mean, maybe people who were born in a certain time period were more likely to both become dentists and be named Dennis. It says "221 of these Dennises are "extra" dentists--choosing the profession just based on their name." This statement is almost farcical. Even assuming there are more dentists per Dennis than among normal people, the wording of this sentence suggests there was no other reason for these people to choose to be dentists. I think they must have skipped over some part of probability law.
- Luc 17y agoYou can consult the article itself instead of the description of it (always the better option, especially when it comes to articles in non-specialist newspapers etc.). It has a full description of their methodology and at first glance doesn't seem to contain any 'doh!' mistakes.
- whacked_new 17y agoAlso for grades: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071114111138.htm http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071114111138.ht...