John,

>Oh, you mean the scientific method?? Well, since you and I are younger than Dave, I would then guess he knows more about that than us...< bg >... So, there is nothing you or I could do to enlighten him..

I do know what it is, and I also know a bit about scientifically structuring a *statistical analysis* survey. I referred to scientific method used in science research and also geometry theorem proofs as examples where 1 exception ruins the theory -- Nancy's attempt to discount this survey in advance.

That is not the case in statistical analysis, where you are concerned with distribution of data points. Is that explained well enough, or do you care to enlighten me a bit?