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2023-06-18 09:00:09 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 5125B91BFC46F368516A84721A891DC0B0C419F13A2CDB37F00679749F62078E
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Original Note:
Measuring the temperature trend by simply connecting two endpoints is bad science. The author knows this & assumes you won't. A good explanation: https://tamino.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/cherry-picking-is-childs-play/ Ways to determine trend https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012825218303726 Taking two cherry-picked endpoints is not mentioned as a valid statistical method.
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