#Sttistics

I made an error of a claim in current debate in which I am engaged. The error had noting to do with the debate subject itself, just am observation of a factor of the site: country of origin. Here is my observations. recorded in the debate comments. I taught they might be interesting to you as an observation of the memebershhp:

"Correction [not critical:] I realize that I made a minor error in the introductory paragraph of my R1, saying, "As this site is headquartered in the U.S...." The fact is, the site makes no indication of residence, so I'll offer a correction:

"I made a survey of the membership of four random pages of members who engage in debate, but not a page on which I am [a total of 200 members' sample size, a statistical qualification sample, considering just the membership who engage debate, 50 members per page] and find that 52%, a majority, indicate the U.S. as country of residence, and the claim of jurisdiction still holds. This is immaterial to the debate subject; but since the erroneous claim needed correction, I have done so. This also demonstrates the site draws internationally to a high degree, though less than a majority. That can only be good for variety of opinion. 

"An additional coincidence noted, by the same data collection noted above, a majority of members who are currently under a ban, regardless of duration, also do not identify a country of origin, choosing to remain "unknown." Correlation? I offer no opinion, just the casual observation."