You still don't get it?????
THERE IS ONLY A 10% DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN MARBLING AND TENDERNESS. That means that in 90% of the cases, there is no correlation.
If you look at a graph of tenderness testing between "NON AGED" "choice" and "select" COMMODITY beef, there is a tremendous amount of overlap meaning that there is ALMOST as many tender steaks in the "select" category as there is tender steaks in the "choice" category. To put it another way for those of you in Rio Linda California and Kindergarten Economics, there is almost as many tough steaks in the "choice" category as there is tough steaks in the "select" category. GET IT???? A 10% TENDERNESS ADVANTAGE GOES TO "NON AGED" Choice over "NON AGED" select. In other words, "NON AGED" choice has a 10% advantage over select in being tender according to the research.
Ross Perot: "Are you getting this? Am I going too fast"?
Sheeesh!
~SH~