I'm not disagreeing - I was just making a narrow point about that single number.

Well yes you can tell if you have more information. But you can't tell any of that from just the net figure.

My point was really that from the net figure you have no idea how many are arriving and leaving.

Um... presumably she realises that it could just be that lots of British people are leaving?

Shame about the apostrophe though

Also clear he doesn't understand what the word "indefinite" means.

Hey, I'm British - understatement is what we do.

In medical research (and elsewhere) it just seems that universal presentation of results using things that very few understand and are routinely misinterpreted is... not ideal.

These arguments were what convinced me that Bayesian methods were the way to go.

Read it here :) zeteo.com/p/labours-vi...

My only question....
Does this become less true if you replace "autism" with any of the other myriad conditions that have been "linked" to gut microbiome?

Many congratulations! More of this please, from everyone.