what do you think the odds are of abduction in this case?

[Mr Gray]

Did the dog alert in any of the other apartments other than the McCanns? There is a factual answer to that question.

they were not given an equal opportunity to alert in the other apartments

[Robittybob1]

I don't do theories, I do, do calculable odds based on hard statistical facts though. I'll let the figures do the talking in this case.

So you say.
But saying it is a "stranger abduction" is a theory. 

[Eleanor]

What's a fact?

Opinions come into Odds.

[The General]

Opinions come into Odds.

That's actually incorrect. You backed the wrong horse Eleanor.

[Mr Gray]

This isn't a question about what they were alerting to, or the alerts authenticity. It's a simple one, did the dog handler say the dog alerted to property other than that of the McCanns? That's a yes or no question.

when you calculate statistics you have to workout the value of your evidence

[Eleanor]

That's actually incorrect. You backed the wrong horse Eleanor.

In Your Opinion.

[Robittybob1]

This isn't a question about what they were alerting to, or the alerts authenticity. It's a simple one, did the dog handler say the dog alerted to property other than that of the McCanns? That's a yes or no question.

Have you ever heard the term "sting operation"?

[The General]

they were not given an equal opportunity to alert in the other apartments

That's mainly due to the rather pertinent fact that ONLY ONE OF THEM WAS WHERE SHE WENT MISSING FROM!
'Let's let the dogs search 5A'
'Nah, let's search the kitchens at the Tapas Bar with the dogs instead.'

[Mr Gray]

That's actually incorrect. You backed the wrong horse Eleanor.

of course opinions come into odds...opinions based on evidence but still opinion..

betfred gave odds on the name the new royal baby...what hard evidece were those odds based on

[The General]

In Your Opinion.

Nope. It's fact. Mathematical fact in fact. Davel's area of expertise.

[Mr Gray]

That's mainly due to the rather pertinent fact that ONLY ONE OF THEM WAS WHERE SHE WENT MISSING FROM!
'Let's let the dogs search 5A'
'Nah, let's search the kitchens at the Tapas Bar with the dogs instead.'

four posters today suggesting the alerts may be meaningless

[Eleanor]

Nope. It's fact. Mathematical fact in fact. Davel's area of expertise.

What are you talking about now?

[Robittybob1]

That's mainly due to the rather pertinent fact that ONLY ONE OF THEM WAS WHERE SHE WENT MISSING FROM!
'Let's let the dogs search 5A'
'Nah, let's search the kitchens at the Tapas Bar with the dogs instead.'

That would be most interesting, and the freezers and chillers at the same time while you are at it.

[The General]

What are you talking about now?

Odds. They can be a simplistic representation of probability. For simple people to digest.

[Eleanor]

Odds. They can be a simplistic representation of probability. For simple people to digest.

But not much Fact.