Comments on: Big bowls = bad bowls? http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/02/12/big-bowls-bad-bowls/ Dada, bring my beer in the living room Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:21:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: KathyR http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/02/12/big-bowls-bad-bowls/comment-page-1/#comment-6173 KathyR Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:21:15 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/02/12/big-bowls-bad-bowls/#comment-6173 <p>Don't gain WEIGHT--why is there no edit feature!!???</p> Don’t gain WEIGHT—why is there no edit feature!!???

]]> By: KathyR http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/02/12/big-bowls-bad-bowls/comment-page-1/#comment-6172 KathyR Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:20:55 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/02/12/big-bowls-bad-bowls/#comment-6172 <p>Matthew, if you can figure out why some people eat too much and others stop just short of eating too much so that they don't gain wait, you might win a Nobel and will definitely be wooed by Oprah.</p> Matthew, if you can figure out why some people eat too much and others stop just short of eating too much so that they don’t gain wait, you might win a Nobel and will definitely be wooed by Oprah.

]]> By: mamster http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/02/12/big-bowls-bad-bowls/comment-page-1/#comment-6125 mamster Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:26:07 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/02/12/big-bowls-bad-bowls/#comment-6125 <p>Hee hee. I think you can get a bottomless bowl of chili at Wendy's.</p> Hee hee. I think you can get a bottomless bowl of chili at Wendy’s.

]]> By: Tamara http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/02/12/big-bowls-bad-bowls/comment-page-1/#comment-6120 Tamara Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:10:38 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/02/12/big-bowls-bad-bowls/#comment-6120 <p>More importantly, did he say where we can buy the bottomless bowl? I know a few folks who really want one of their own.</p> More importantly, did he say where we can buy the bottomless bowl? I know a few folks who really want one of their own.

]]> By: mamster http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/02/12/big-bowls-bad-bowls/comment-page-1/#comment-6089 mamster Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:44:47 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/02/12/big-bowls-bad-bowls/#comment-6089 <p>Andrew, I'm guessing that he's generally using the median as the measure of central tendency, but I'll have to look at the notes.</p> <p>I did end up finishing the book and really enjoyed some of it, although he never did answer my questions.</p> Andrew, I’m guessing that he’s generally using the median as the measure of central tendency, but I’ll have to look at the notes.

I did end up finishing the book and really enjoyed some of it, although he never did answer my questions.

]]> By: Andrew Feldstein http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/02/12/big-bowls-bad-bowls/comment-page-1/#comment-6084 Andrew Feldstein Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:28:15 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2007/02/12/big-bowls-bad-bowls/#comment-6084 <p>Good point. What was his measure of central tendency, mean, median, mode, or some other?</p> <p>Assuming he used the mean for "average," just a few persons could eat a <em>lot</em> more, it would skew the mean way up.</p> <p>The number itself is sort of meaningless without the context, especially when we recall that likely no one would eat <em>less</em> out of a bottomless bowl.</p> Good point. What was his measure of central tendency, mean, median, mode, or some other?

Assuming he used the mean for “average,” just a few persons could eat a lot more, it would skew the mean way up.

The number itself is sort of meaningless without the context, especially when we recall that likely no one would eat less out of a bottomless bowl.

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