beep@piefed.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoMore than half of adults in U.S. say they lack basic statistical understandingwww.psu.eduexternal-linkmessage-square43linkfedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: science@mander.xyzhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days 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-up1·4 days 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-up1·4 days agoI was more hedging against someone popping up with “Actually, in ancient Mesopotamia…”
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…”