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Which means on July 11th, the comic number will finally match up with the date (and will certainly be the only time ever). Like an eclipse! | Which means on July 11th, the comic number will finally match up with the date (and will certainly be the only time ever). Like an eclipse! | ||
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The selection effect is a bias in the results of a study because the study participants are not a random sample of the general population. For example, a study performed on college students may be biased toward better-educated people, or a study on social interaction may be affected by how many participants have the same first language as the investigators.
The Dining Logician (talk) 19:17, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
One more comic until we hit 2000! Which means on July 11th, the comic number will finally match up with the date (and will certainly be the only time ever). Like an eclipse! Some Commenter (talk) 12:23, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
- Just 49 to go until a big round-number milestone! (and just 1 until a big round number kilometerstone) --172.68.54.4 21:54, 28 May 2018 (UTC)
