"David Dyer-Bennet" wrote:
"Denny" wrote:
The A36 crash record is better than average -

?

Since 1/1/03 there have been 25 A36 fatals in the U. S. In the same
period, there were 20 C-210 fatals and 16 PA-32R fatals. The 210 fleet
is larger than the A36 fleet, I believe.

It's quite possible to be "better than average" and still be worse
than some other models.

I doubt that the A36 is better than average, either, since "average" would
include a lot of docile, fixed-gear singles with much better records than the
models mentioned.

Also, these numbers are small enough that I'm
not sure how big a difference is necessary to be statistically
significant;

It's enough, I believe, to argue against Denny's assertion.

ones intuition isn't very reliable for that (you see the
same thing when people talk about changes in murder rates from year to
year, when the total count is in small double digits).

I wasn't using intuition.
--
Dan
C-172RG at BFM