Posted by Lou Pilder on December 28, 2007, at 13:21:37
In reply to Re: overgeneralizing, posted by Dr. Bob on December 28, 2007, at 9:20:00
> > > > the automatic ones ... more often than not are not acurate.
> >
> > ARE YOU KIDDING ME???!!! What EXACTLY did she say wrong? I didn't see any over-generalization. She also said 'more often than not', NOT all of them. Many people buy cheap ones for under $20, & compared to the more expensive ones they 'probably' ARE often inaccurate.
> >
> > tecknohed
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> > Phillipa is right...many of the automatic BP cuffs are not as accurate as the manual types so by her saying this she is making an accurate statement about her experiences with the two types.
> >
> > stargazer
>
> Something like:
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> > cheap ones are often less accurate compared to expensive ones
>
> or:
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> > many of the automatic BP cuffs are not as accurate as the manual types
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> I think would be fine. But "the automatic ones" in general, and "more often than not", which means more than half the time, together I considered an overgeneralization.
>
> Thanks for posting. I'm sure Phillipa appreciates your support, and maybe if we discuss this we can develop together a way to interpret this that we can all accept.
>
> BobMr. Hsiung,
You wrote,[...if we discuss this...I consider "more often than not" to be a generalization together with "the automatic ones"...]
When did you first start to consider that a generalization? Could you use in any reply from you to me here the following post? If not could you post here why you could not?
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20060717/msgs/668783.html
Lou Pilder
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