Comment on Significance of Compression Rate Method

Sun, 30 May 2010 15:20:42 GMT

I think that is a non-standard interpretation of the terminology:

"A controlled experiment generally compares the results obtained from an experimental sample against a control sample, which is practically identical to the experimental sample except for the one aspect whose effect is being tested (the independent variable)."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experiment#Controlled_experiments

It never says the control sample has been influenced by the experimenter. It could instead be chosen by the experimenter - from the available spectrum of naturally-occurring phenomena.

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