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A comment on Type I and Type II Errors: The Inevitable Errors in Optimization Experiments. Parent comment

Re:Type I and Type II Errors: The Inevitable Errors in Optim... by henrikeh on Thursday April 09, 2020 @01:03PM (#22824679)
Remember Peter and the wolf. The villagers committed several Type I errors first and then a Type II error second.

But, yes, a prime example of terrible naming.

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Re:Type I and Type II Errors: The Inevitable Errors in Optim... by andrewla on Thursday April 09, 2020 @04:39PM (#22826948)
Not "Peter and the wolf", you mean "The Boy Who Cried Wolf". There are no villagers in Peter and the Wolf, and no statistical errors committed.
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Re:Type I and Type II Errors: The Inevitable Errors in Optim... by petervm on Thursday April 09, 2020 @09:36PM (#22829052)
I believe in Portuguese, at least, that boy is also named Peter.
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Re:Type I and Type II Errors: The Inevitable Errors in Optim... by henrikeh on Friday April 10, 2020 @01:16AM (#22830197)
Yes! You are correct! Somehow I got them mixed up!
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