How I Learned to Think Like a Statistician

https://kareemcarr.substack.com/p/how-i-learned-to-think-like-a-statistician

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vk6flab@lemmy.radio · 4 pts · 1y

If only you could step away from the Nazi promotion platform you're sharing from.

LeoshenkuoDaSimpli@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y

Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 1y (1 reply)

By forming my opinions on small sample groups of non-randomly selected people being asked loaded questions?

Sorry, my bad. That's polling companies that hide behind the legitimacy of statistics.

MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

this is why understanding sample size, selection bias, and confidence intervls matters - the difference between actual statistics and the marketing version that gets passed off as "research".