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|    Dawn Flood to JTEM    |
|    Re: If predictions fail your hypothesis     |
|    30 Jan 26 17:30:51    |
      XPost: alt.global-warming, alt.atheism       From: Dawn.Belle.Flood@gmail.com              On 1/30/2026 4:34 PM, JTEM wrote:       > On 1/29/26 12:38 AM, Dawn Flood wrote:       >       >> What difference does such make?? The regression that I posted doesn't       >> lie:       >       > It was a lie!       >       > It's all a lie! You have no idea what you even posted, just       > random number you pretend are real and that you understand!       >       > It's just plain not warm. Period. And, warmer would be a       > good thing. It would be more food, which translates into       > cheaper food.       >       > It would mean less fuel wasted on heating things like homes!       >       >       > These are good things.       >              Then, it was lie; this isn't:              Regression Analysis: Temp versus CO2              The regression equation is       Temp = - 351 + 1.08 CO2                     Predictor Coef SE Coef T P       Constant -350.57 12.77 -27.46 0.000       CO2 1.08012 0.03519 30.69 0.000                     S = 9.40662 R-Sq = 93.5% R-Sq(adj) = 93.4%                     Analysis of Variance              Source DF SS MS F P       Regression 1 83344 83344 941.91 0.000       Residual Error 65 5751 88       Total 66 89096                     Unusual Observations              Obs CO2 Temp Fit SE Fit Residual St Resid        66 425 128.00 108.06 2.51 19.94 2.20R              R denotes an observation with a large standardized residual.              END OUTPUT              For 1,000 PPM, here's the prediction:              Temp = -351 + 1.08 * 1000               = 7.29C              If true, this will *NOT* be a "good thing."              Dawn              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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