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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
As someone with a degree in statistics, I have a question for you. What was political scientist Sunita hoping we would conclude from the non-normal distribution observation?
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Plainest way I can put it, and this was her core argument - the data is as snapshot in time of a single store, which means statistically the sample is not varied enough to apply to the market as a whole.
It would be like studying New York City in order to understand the USA as a whole and then applying what you learned in NYC to the entire country.
It is useful for exactly what it is doing, raising awareness that self-pub authors can and do compete with the big publishers, something many experts have been trying to deny. That was Hugh's objective and in that he has succeeded. All across the industry people are talking about the data. I suspect we will see competing surveys and reports with time.
I have not pulled down the raw data myself yet, and probably will not. I need to focus focus on finishing my WIP and not be to distracted by things like this. Failing on that account so far....
