Although it seems logical to average over many observations to generate more reliable control estimates, the mean birth rates obtained by such a process are a weighted average of the seasonality present in the population and not an estimate of some fundamental underlying rate.
And with some signs that tablet sales might be softening, it seems logical to connect the swelling waistlines of the average smartphone as a contributory factor in swelling rates of data consumption among phone users.
As Swedroe observed: "This type of performance is the reason behind the famous aphorism that hedge funds aren't investment vehicles, nor are they an asset class -- they're actually compensation schemes". Given these results, it seems more logical to short the stock picks of the average hedge fund manager than to copy them.
To the average member of the public, it's a logical notion.
Relate to the average person.
On the surface, it would seem logical to question the employment of a starting pitcher who has an 0-9 record and a 6.96 earned run average this season.
"Mom, can I have your credit card number?" The question arose because my daughter, like generations of intrepid young hackers before her, had begun to address her repetitive questions to an authority figure infinitely more patient -- and logical -- than the average parent.
It is logical to satisfy the biological meaning.
But come spring, many will be filled with hope again and by the time 2009 rolls around and the team has a shiny new ballpark, it seems logical to presume that the Mets could continue averaging more than 45,000 fans per game — if there were enough seats.
It thus seem logical to weight each site pair by the average score of the constituting sites (which are the cells under the black lines as an example in figure 2a), as in: R C W (A ; B ) = M I i j M I. j + M I i. + M I j.
