Statistical analysis of anonymous databases
Alan Horowitz
alanh at infi.net
Sat Jun 1 01:10:50 PDT 1996
> In medical research, third party audit, i.e., the Department of Health and
> Human Services, is often required. A simple pseudonym picked by the patient
> won't do.
It's not clear to me that the second sentence follows from the first.
All the time, in medical or official identification situations
(clearances, weapons permits, etc) I'm asked how tall I am. I can't
remember ever being measured. Thus, the answer I give about my height,
might as well be "made up" by me.
I guess they do have to bother measuring homocide victims - they can't
talk......
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