August 25, 2017

Pretty average

Q: Does the Herald really know “The amount of sex you should be having according to your age group”

A: No.

Q: Can they really tell you “ if the regularity of your sex life is “normal”.

A: No.

Q: Is that even a thing?

A: No.

Q: If it was, would a survey of people in the US be especially relevant to NZ?

A: It was from the US? The story didn’t say that.

Today’s episode of simple answers to complex questions is brought to you by the letters F and F and S. 

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Thomas Lumley (@tslumley) is Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Auckland. His research interests include semiparametric models, survey sampling, statistical computing, foundations of statistics, and whatever methodological problems his medical collaborators come up with. He also blogs at Biased and Inefficient See all posts by Thomas Lumley »