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5. nope, sorry

Sat May 11, 2013, 08:00 AM

May 2013

the sample pool used in this testing was not a random one, it was self populated. That makes the results highly questionable, in terms of viewing them as representative of the breeds involved as a whole. Sorry, that's the way science works, random sampling means that every potential dog of a specific breed has an equal chance of being included in the sample pool being tested. This test required that owners make an affirmative decision to test their dogs in this process, it was not random at all, in terms of populating the sample pool. Now you can say that these results indicate differences between breeds based on those dogs that the owners decided to have tested but it's a huge stretch to assume that similar results would be found in sampling a truly random population.

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ATTS official breed statistics [View all] jazzimov May 2013 OP

k&r uppityperson May 2013 #1

This should get interesting. flvegan May 2013 #2

Pretty meaningless Crepuscular May 2013 #3

Thank you for your feedback. BUT jazzimov May 2013 #4

nope, sorry Crepuscular May 2013 #5

I was going to point out what seems to be self-selection but you've got it covered. byeya May 2013 #13

I think that you don't understand what Crepuscular means by non-random testing. Gormy Cuss May 2013 #12

Oh lookie! 99Forever May 2013 #6

I see the dog bigots are up early. baldguy May 2013 #7

The meanest dog I've ever known was a bug-eyed Chihuahua with a Napoleon Complex called Fuzzy. Ron Obvious May 2013 #8

The same people who are scared to death when a Pit Bull wags it's tail at them baldguy May 2013 #9

Yep, that's a Chihuahua alright. RebelOne May 2013 #16

Dog behavior is affected by many factors. greatlaurel May 2013 #10

Did the pit bulls fail on "unprovoked agression" and the golden retrievers on "strong avoidance"? FarCenter May 2013 #11

Did they test them for "gameness?" XemaSab May 2013 #14

that's super cute how you only read the parts of that piece that you THINK PeaceNikki May 2013 #15

I'm afraid I think this is an attempt to mislead rather than to inform. Donald Ian Rankin May 2013 #17

from experience id rather deal with the retriever than than the pit bull loli phabay May 2013 #18

if people want to deny the impact Crepuscular May 2013 #19