beep@piefed.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoMore than half of adults in U.S. say they lack basic statistical understandingwww.psu.eduexternal-linkmessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down12file-text
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minus-squaremakeshift0546@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoHonestly, not sure what I just read 🤷♂️
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThey’re not wrong in that casinos use statistical analysis to detect card counters, but I’m relatively confident they didn’t invent it.
minus-squaremakeshift0546@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThey didn’t, and as others have suggested, how to come up with p value can differ depending on the experiment.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI was more hedging against someone popping up with “Actually, in ancient Mesopotamia…”
Honestly, not sure what I just read 🤷♂️
They’re not wrong in that casinos use statistical analysis to detect card counters, but I’m relatively confident they didn’t invent it.
They didn’t, and as others have suggested, how to come up with p value can differ depending on the experiment.
I was more hedging against someone popping up with “Actually, in ancient Mesopotamia…”