Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-07-14 21:47:51 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 7E62AC7E2F7D10F1F12C374C40E10A9D4EE0366D7156141C98D7B6F0782B7719
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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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