Bebo@literature.cafe to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 11 months agoProbability.... Need I say more?!literature.cafeimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1386arrow-down15
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minus-squareBye@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoI don’t like this comic because the frequentist statistician is operating with an effective n=1. You’d ask the detector 1000 more times, and use those results to get your answer.
minus-squarelseif@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agosample size of 1 is usually fine. source: i surveyed 1 person
minus-squareGeneral_Effort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoTake it as a commentary on publication bias.
I don’t like this comic because the frequentist statistician is operating with an effective n=1. You’d ask the detector 1000 more times, and use those results to get your answer.
sample size of 1 is usually fine. source: i surveyed 1 person
Take it as a commentary on publication bias.