LogGrad98
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.8 isn't necessarily statistically significant. What is the p value. What are the variables. I will scan back a few pages I guess. Would have been easier to just add that to the graph. And I am going from a standpoint of six sigma/SPC/TQM in industry and manufacturing, which typically has more variables that are harder to isolate (I'm guessing...I know scientific research involves lots of variables as well, not sure if they are necessarily harder to isolate. I would guess it depends on what is being investigated. Come to think of it that would also drive whether or not 5 data points are enough to draw conclusions. 5 years of weather data are not really enough to draw climatic conclusions). Which seems pretty fitting in basketball since it is also hard to isolate variables to prove any kind of causation.