Some theses can be disproved by a single data point, not all, and I asked about a specific type of thesis.
I repeat: can you show how a single data point can contradict a statement about the absence of correlation originally claimed?
I repeat: can you show how a single data point can contradict a statement about the absence of correlation originally claimed?
>The idea of punishment as a deterrent is hopefully dead and buried at this point.
That's an absence of correlation claim?
Maybe the examples shown gave the impression that an anti-correlation was claimed, but that is purely an invention of the reader.