beep@piefed.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoMore than half of adults in U.S. say they lack basic statistical understandingwww.psu.eduexternal-linkmessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: science@mander.xyz
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minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoI’m pretty sure the field of statistics wasn’t established by the gambling industry.
minus-squaremakeshift0546@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoHonestly, not sure what I just read 🤷♂️
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months 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-up1·2 months 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…”
I’m pretty sure the field of statistics wasn’t established by the gambling industry.
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…”