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Re:Ethiopian Airlines plane crash: No survivors among 157 on... by em3rgent0rdr on Sunday March 10, 2019 @12:22PM (#19352607)
> "Giving the infrequency of airplane crashes, it probably isn't coincidence."

I don't think that's how statistics work. You need larger sample sizes in order to make such a statement with high confidence.

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Re:Ethiopian Airlines plane crash: No survivors among 157 on... by cjbprime on Sunday March 10, 2019 @12:40PM (#19352720)
That depends on the size of the effect. The total loss of a modern airliner due to a control issue is so rare that we might indeed be there now, statistically.
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Re:Ethiopian Airlines plane crash: No survivors among 157 on... by remote_phone on Sunday March 10, 2019 @01:33PM (#19353064)
No. If you take a small sample size and you find the problem twice then it warrants a great deal of investigating. This is common in auditing for example.
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Re:Ethiopian Airlines plane crash: No survivors among 157 on... by em3rgent0rdr on Sunday March 10, 2019 @09:12PM (#19355918)
Yes it warrants investigating. But it still more probably is a coincidence.
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Re:Ethiopian Airlines plane crash: No survivors among 157 on... by peteradio on Sunday March 10, 2019 @12:59PM (#19352848)
1 event can be significant.
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