He said Professor Meadow had misunderstood and misinterpreted the statistics by claiming the probability of two natural cot deaths occurring in one family was 73 million to one.
The two researchers did some calculations--this field requires a black belt in statistics--and discovered that the probability that two people might have identical lists of movies with the same ratings is tiny.
"Statistics prove that there is a much greater probability of individuals continuing to exercise throughout their life if they start at an early age, " she said.