Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/K-factor error


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The result was   delete. PhilKnight (talk) 18:02, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

K-factor error

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Contested prod, and possible hoax. There is no well-defined use of the phrase 'K-factor' in the field of statistics. (Google shows a multitude of unrelated uses of the term 'k-factor'). What are 'weighted, varying data points?' The phrase 'Lack of accounting for a multivariate distribution' makes no sense when he is clearly describing a univariate problem. This is surely a misunderstanding or a hoax. The article's creator has not been back to Wikipedia since June, so we can't ask him to clarify. EdJohnston (talk) 23:47, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Since the article contains no sources, we can't refer to the sources to figure out which of the possible meanings he had in mind. The resounding lead sentence "K-factor error is one of the most common errors in statistical data analysis" seems completely unsupported. (We should see evidence for that claim everywhere, in many textbooks, if it were really true). EdJohnston (talk) 00:55, 25 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Weak delete phrase is certainly used, but not widely and it's far from clear to me that it means what this article claims it means. JJL (talk) 00:51, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unsourced and would seem unsourcable. The lack of verifiability is made even more significant by the grandeur claims : "... one of the most common errors ..." and "By utilizing a weighted average ... the K-factor error has eliminated" (huh?). THEN WHO WAS PHONE? (talk) 03:16, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Unsourced and apparent nonsense. Richard Pinch (talk) 19:17, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Very unsourced and must be rewritten or at least have some sources added. Other wise delete. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BountyHunter2008 (talk • contribs) 19:28, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete The article is unsourced and seems mildly exaggerative "K-factor error is one of the most common errors in statistical data analysis". Though Google says the phrase does have the occasional use.   Yamakiri  TC     [ §]    08-25-2008 • 21:39:34 21:39, 25 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete there is a 99% probability this is WP:OR Guy (Help!) 22:35, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. User:Michael Hardy doesn't know what a K-factor is according to one of his edit summaries. Given that everything else in the article is elementary, and that M.H. is a statistician, it's fair to say that this is either a hoax, a neologism, or original research. --N Shar (talk · contribs) 22:55, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
 * The fact that I haven't heard of it certainly doesn't mean it's not legitimate. But in its present form the article is incomprehensible (except for the part where it explains what a weighted average is). Michael Hardy (talk) 02:17, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Incoherent WP:nonsense: "2. Content that, while apparently meaningful after a fashion, is so completely and irredeemably confused that no reasonable person can be expected to make any sense of it whatsoever." ~ Ningauble (talk) 23:06, 26 August 2008 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.