Talk:Cherry picking
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Is there something about harvesting cherries that differs from harvesting of other fruits? I.e. when picking cherries for harvesting is there more selection going on then when harvesting apples or pears?
Isn't this a term in basketball as well? --67.160.140.198 02:05, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
I believe it is used in sports generally, at least in Canada. I entered a new section for it but I'm pretty sure there is another expression for the same tactic. If anyone knows, please add it in. Martin-C 21:36, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Section "Weighing information" removed
I removed the following section from the article:
- For a more involved example, if one wish to find the average height of every male in the United States, and one were to use a sampling of average heights of males by state, and by age. If one were to average the heights of a selected group of males for instance from an elementary school and the persons argument was that on average males were less that 5 feet tall, and that was the only sampling given, this would represent Cherry Picking in that the sampling of the elementary school children would represent the persons theory that all males were under 5 feet.
This is really poorly written and describes rather some kind of very biased statistical sampling. Maybe if it was along the lines of "Assume you want to prove the theory that every male in the United States is less than five feet tall and then you pick your sample group from some elementary schools and blah, blah, blah", then it would provide an example for cherry picking. However, I think such a trivial example is not really needed -- it is already clear from the general description of what cherry picking is. Maybe some real world examples would be appropriate. (ezander) 81.14.182.36 09:54, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
I removed the link to the Creationism article from the "See Also" section. I can understand why someone put it in there, and appreciate the sense of humor, but this isn't that sort of forum. BTW, this is my first edit ever. Highmind89 15:47, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] This Article is not Encyclopedic
This is essentially a long dictionary entry about the word "cherry picking", rather than any one thing. Cherry picking in sports is a different concept from cherry picking in research. A single article that covers both is not a good encyclopedia article. I suggest splitting it into multiple articles and then considering each one separately for deletion. Mark Foskey 15:44, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
- Or merging back into this one... Richard001 (talk) 00:35, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
