There's a reason why we called Statistics Sadistic in college. I lack a minor in chemistry because the class I needed was Quantitative Analysis. I signed up for it and quickly dropped it when I saw it was more math than chemistry. You fellas carry on, I'll be sitting on the sideline thinking "I need a few fingers of whiskey to keep up."
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No if we would do that GSB would be the best blade in the world no matter what razor you would use and no matter how many passes.
And doing that the same would be true for a Tiger Platinum!
Same here, I'll always prefer an elegant narrative over numbers. Even if the narrative is contradicted by the numbers
Ok, Geek Mode Overdrive - you know what all these statistics also enable? Doing statistical comparisons between razors and blades to see if they are statistically different from each other. ANOVA or MANOVA should be able to handle that. Chances are some differences are way less than our intuition leads us to believe.
Edit: unfortunately Excel doesn't have those formulas out of the box. I have them available on my work laptop - but not on my home one. I need to install R for this!
Edit: unfortunately Excel doesn't have those formulas out of the box. I have them available on my work laptop - but not on my home one. I need to install R for this!
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Never let a little math get in the way of a good story. Haha.Even if the narrative is contradicted by the numbers
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I am not sure about that. I think that we will find many blades that performs very similarly.No if we would do that GSB would be the best blade in the world no matter what razor you would use and no matter how many passes.
And doing that the same would be true for a Tiger Platinum!
Ok, Geek Mode Overdrive - you know what all these statistics also enable? Doing statistical comparisons between razors and blades to see if they are statistically different from each other. ANOVA or MANOVA should be able to handle that. Chances are some differences are way less than our intuition leads us to believe.
Edit: unfortunately Excel doesn't have those formulas out of the box. I have them available on my work laptop - but not on my home one. I need to install R for this!
Exactly.
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Now you are entering a geek zone that even my engineer mind has not travelled.Ok, Geek Mode Overdrive - you know what all these statistics also enable? Doing statistical comparisons between razors and blades to see if they are statistically different from each other. ANOVA or MANOVA should be able to handle that. Chances are some differences are way less than our intuition leads us to believe.
Edit: unfortunately Excel doesn't have those formulas out of the box. I have them available on my work laptop - but not on my home one. I need to install R for this!
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GSB as the best blade is straight up faith. No stats needed there!No if we would do that GSB would be the best blade in the world no matter what razor you would use and no matter how many passes.
And doing that the same would be true for a Tiger Platinum!
Jay21
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Mark Twain said there's lies, damn lies, and statistics.
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What empirical evidence do you have my dear friend to support your statement?
Jay21
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Faith means you don't need evidence!
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Faith is really the belief in the best reasonable explanation, given all the evidence, since we can prove very few things. Sorry to get all philosophical on you there.
I have a similar head Maggard V3A might be just the same model, I like the feel of the blade on my face but I wouldn't call it aggressive.
I owned the Yintal in bronze and I remember it was quite ugly and aggressive.
As sensations very different from each other.
What head would you recommend similar to Maggard V3A? Would a Yaqi Cobbled be the same?
I’m an engineer, this means I am driven by numbers. But I also know how easy it is to manipulate or misinterpret the data. So, it always starts with examining the data source, quality, and completeness. But once you get a good dataset that you trust, it always wins over any narrative … well, 99.9% of time.Same here, I'll always prefer an elegant narrative over numbers. Even if the narrative is contradicted by the numbers
My favorite college teacher was a statistics guy. Made it seem like fun. Brutal tests, though.
It’s funny as I bought Yintal Bronze five years ago and it was very close to V3A, really only a different finish. I wonder whether there was a lot of sample variation.
I would say that V3A is medium aggressive - that is, it’s not aggressive like R41, but not as mild as the post-war Tech or Baili BD176. Say, 5-6 from 1 to 10. And it’s very smooth.
I would definitely buy a stainless steel version if it was the same performance. That is one of my top 2 razors.
I step away from B & B this afternoon to grab some lunch and look at all the stuff I miss. 
Best advice I ever heard about reading formal science papers is check the methods section first. Saves a lot of time.
