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**adolfadsermens** · 06-22-2010, 02:27 AM

...The argument that there are too many variables at play is a weak one as that is true in virtually every situation. There are a number of statistical methods used to control for different variables and tease out effects. If you want to pick apart each study cited in Pinky's links and say "well, they didn't consider xyz" have at it, but to make this kind of blanket statement is silly.

That argument is made by the researchers themselves in the study you cite. ...Second, this analysis does not control fully for other factors unrelated to price (e.g., differences between states in social and policy environments) that could reduce demand and be confounded with the state's excise tax level... Silly, Good Grief?

06-22-2010, 02:27 AM	#8
adolfadsermens Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 445 Senior Member	...The argument that there are too many variables at play is a weak one as that is true in virtually every situation. There are a number of statistical methods used to control for different variables and tease out effects. If you want to pick apart each study cited in Pinky's links and say "well, they didn't consider xyz" have at it, but to make this kind of blanket statement is silly. That argument is made by the researchers themselves in the study you cite. ...Second, this analysis does not control fully for other factors unrelated to price (e.g., differences between states in social and policy environments) that could reduce demand and be confounded with the state's excise tax level... Silly, Good Grief?
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