Quote:
Originally Posted by coaster
But when one new point of data arrives that is slightly outside the current error bands your world is shattered. Something is amiss you say, my single parameter regression model doesn't fit as well so something is wrong with this picture and I am going to question it (that's what swamp says at least). This is exactly my point. YOU CANNOT INFER ANYTHING from this model about your new data point. Nothing, nada. Neither can swamp (even if he thinks otherwise  ) To do so you require additional information which YOU DO NOT HAVE! |
This is 100% correct. Well, if a point doesn't fit, I suspose you can say it doesn't fit. Thats about it.
Suspension and tires (among other things) matter a lot more than HP.