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BY DAVID H. KAYE O ne might expect to hear phrases like ‘‘Not statistical significance there!’’ and, ‘‘There is no way that anybody would tell you that these ten cases are statistically significant’’ hurled by a disgruntled professor at an underperforming statistics student. Yet, in January 2011, they came from the Supreme Court bench during the argument in Matrixx Initiatives Inc. v. Siracusano.
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