Re:Estimating the chances of something that hasn’t happened yet
by mabbo on Thursday November 15, 2018 @11:56PM
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> then XXXYYY is just dumb luck
That's the idea. The null hypothesis is that this is dumb luck. Here's a piece of evidence that, if this is dumb luck, is not very likely. Ergo, the odds this is just dumb luck is low and there may be a real effect here.
As the OP said, it's not meant to be used in a scientific paper, it's to let you see if you might be on the right track.
That's the idea. The null hypothesis is that this is dumb luck. Here's a piece of evidence that, if this is dumb luck, is not very likely. Ergo, the odds this is just dumb luck is low and there may be a real effect here.
As the OP said, it's not meant to be used in a scientific paper, it's to let you see if you might be on the right track.