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Re:Statistics have lost their power (2017) by lotsofpulp on Monday October 28, 2019 @06:15PM (#21382306)
I don’t understand. Using statistics doesn’t imply using normal distributions.
Re:Statistics have lost their power (2017) by glofish on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @08:12PM (#21393450)
I just gave you an example, there are many statistical measures that have that particular requirement.

If it is not normality then something else. Every statistical measure makes assumptions, most of which never quite hold true. That was my point. When someone uses statistics they always fudge things a bit. Many times does not matter, if you were stickler for "precision" it would not work.