Not exact matches
While your main points will likely be similar, I agree
with Clark that the Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index versus long Treasuries is something of an apple to
oranges comparison, since the Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index not only includes includes Treasuries, but also government - related and corporate securities, MBS (agency fixed - rate and hybrid ARM pass - throughs), ABS and CMBS (agency and non-agency).
«If such
comparisons are underpinned by a faulty biome classification we end up comparing apples
with oranges.»
«Personally, I was concerned
with the «apples —
oranges» mixtures of
comparison,» he says.
It's an apple to
oranges comparison, certainly, but we drove 305 miles further
with the Cruze than I did
with the Camaro two years ago, but used only 25.8 gallons of fuel.
In side - by - side
comparisons with the Galaxy Note 8, Kindle Fire HDX and Nexus 7, we found that colors on the Note 8 (which also has a 1280 x 800 display) were noticeably oversaturated, giving the assassin a slightly
orange skin tone.
As for Amazon Encore, any
comparison with «real publishers» is apples /
oranges.
Now, my issue
with the above is that it is going beyond the apple and
oranges comparison.
Comparing post-tax interest
with pre-tax investment returns is another apples - to -
oranges comparison.
While not an apples to apples (or
oranges to
oranges)
comparison, the slow and steady DIY investor crowd tends to ask about the value of going
with one or the other of these low - cost providers.
I have to disagree
with you that this is an apples and
oranges comparison.
This will be a «falloff» in accumulation that is not real because the
comparison of a non-EN year
with a EN year is apples and
oranges.
So starting off your entire column and debate
with an apples to
oranges comparison leaves me wondering why I should continue to believe what I'm reading here.
First of all, the supposed amount of «increase» is based on an «apples vs.
oranges»
comparison of proxy records (ice core reconstructions)
with modern atmospheric measurements, a scientific incompetence.
At some level this is an apples to
oranges comparison — I would be much more comfortable to see a chart that looks at only USHCN stations
with, say, at least 80 years of continuous data.
And I do nt see almost any other of those «hockey stick» «s (like Moberg) to show «unprecedented» temperatures unless an apples to
oranges -
comparison with thermometers is being used.
The notorious apples - and -
oranges comparison in the misleading contrarian picture above
with two graphs provides an instructive example of fallacious contrarian argumentation.
In many respects I believe that comparing ebooks and print remains an apple and
orange type
comparison, they are different experiences each
with their own merit and demerits, similarly I don't think print is going to disappear quite yet.
Lynn Pineda: Getting back to the importance of
comparison is right on Ryan,
with comparing «apples to apples» and not apples to
oranges.