"The second, which is not fully appreciated, is to reduce the underlying variability in the data so that more precise comparisons can be made."
Good find. I especially like the above understated description. NONE(!) of my statistics books (and I have a bunch!) make mention of this effect. It was a total surprise to me when I (independently and empirically) tumbled onto it.
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