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Unreliable Consumer Reports ratings: statistical problems haunt magazine

allpar.com — Consumer Reports gets a big red dot in this easy to read wrapup of statistical flaws at the self-proclaimed industry standard of reliability surveys. Problems include small sample size, self-selected sample, and different ratings of the same product when sold under different names; there are fixes but CR prefers legal threats to reform.

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  • fincjb, on 10/28/2008, -0/+0I concur.
  • Bluegoose03, on 04/04/2008, -0/+0Great article. Very informative

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