Data Mining Hacker News: Front vs. Back

Re:Data Mining Hacker News: Front vs. Back by statsknowitall on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @12:16PM (#12685789)

Please don't use this language. Your suggested quote implies the null hypothesis has been confirmed. In fact, the null hypothesis has simply not been rejected. A better summary would be: "We did not find any proof that submitting articles at a certain time of day is an effective strategy to achieve front page visibility."

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Re:Data Mining Hacker News: Front vs. Back by WhitneyLand on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @12:35PM (#12685964)

Yep, my mistake. Main point stands, helps to have some plain english.

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Re:Data Mining Hacker News: Front vs. Back by statsknowitall on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @12:59PM (#12686206)

It's so easy to make mistakes when talking about this, with double and triple negatives that don't necessarily cancel out. I made one myself in the above comment before editing it.

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Re:Data Mining Hacker News: Front vs. Back by StavrosK on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @12:25PM (#12685866)

Interesting observation, thank you. Very much changes the tone of the statement.

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