benni@lemmy.world to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 days agoFavorite quote from edgerulerslemmy.worldimagemessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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benni@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 12 days agoI wish there was a sloth monthplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarebenni@lemmy.worldtoMildly Interesting@lemmy.world•just messing around with Google ngram, found a surprising correlation with these two wordslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·16 days agoWhy the law of large numbers? I’d think it’s p-hacking. Meaning if he tried out many different combinations, the chances are high he’d eventually come across some which are only correlated by chance. Here’s a related XKCD: linkfedilink
Why the law of large numbers?
I’d think it’s p-hacking. Meaning if he tried out many different combinations, the chances are high he’d eventually come across some which are only correlated by chance. Here’s a related XKCD:![](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/significant.png)