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Chanda · 02-07-08, 03:38 PM

“Kane shows that if the Falluja cluster is included in the statistical calculations, the confidence interval dips below zero, which is a big no-no. Since the study’s raw data remain a closely guarded secret, Kane cannot be absolutely certain that the inclusion of the Falluja cluster renders the study mathematically invalid…

Michelle Malkin Document drop: A new critique of the 2004 Lancet Iraq death toll study

"The (Lancet Study) authors described this as a conservative estimate, because it excluded the extreme statistical outlier data from Falluja."

Lancet surveys of Iraq War casualties - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Not such a closely guarded secret as Kane claimed.

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Chanda Educator Join Date: Jan 2007 Last Online: Today 04:45 PM Posts: 1,209 Thanks: 462 Thanked 357 Times in 248 Posts Lean: Independent Gender:	Re: Lancet study validity in doubt “Kane shows that if the Falluja cluster is included in the statistical calculations, the confidence interval dips below zero, which is a big no-no. Since the study’s raw data remain a closely guarded secret, Kane cannot be absolutely certain that the inclusion of the Falluja cluster renders the study mathematically invalid… Michelle Malkin Document drop: A new critique of the 2004 Lancet Iraq death toll study "The (Lancet Study) authors described this as a conservative estimate, because it excluded the extreme statistical outlier data from Falluja." Lancet surveys of Iraq War casualties - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Not such a closely guarded secret as Kane claimed.