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Re:Bias in the ER by nerdponx on Saturday February 18, 2017 @01:38AM (#13673878)
"Statistics assumes independence"

What exactly do you mean by this?

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Re:Bias in the ER by jimmaswell on Saturday February 18, 2017 @02:31AM (#13673957)
I think they mean most statistics are simply "you have x% chance of y" when the chance of having y given the prior that you're in the ER may be different
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