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Originally Posted by Chris Noble  The "short, medium and long absences" are the "thirty ordinary absences". |
I mentioned it in passing, along with the random trials. What's your point? Does it justify your claiming that all the trials were non-random?
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Originally Posted by Chris Noble All of the statistical analyses assumed that the behaviour of the dog should be completely random. If there are patterns in the homecomings of the owner then it is hardly surprising that there are patterns in the behaviour of the dog. |
There are no patterns in the homecomings,
there are patterns in the times she leaves. How does the dog calculate when she will come home based on when she leaves, if the homecomings are randomly determined?