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Re:Almost one-third of Florida children tested are positive ... by formercoder on Friday July 17, 2020 @11:40AM (#23871701)
One interesting thing about this global situation is it’s turned absolutely everyone into an armchair statistician. These are great points and I’ve never seen all of my friends so wrapped up in discussions of sampling bias.
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Re:Almost one-third of Florida children tested are positive ... by Bukhmanizer on Friday July 17, 2020 @11:53AM (#23871857)
It’s only sampling bias if it’s not the conclusion I want.
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Re:Almost one-third of Florida children tested are positive ... by jschwartzi on Friday July 17, 2020 @11:56AM (#23871888)
Or if it's sampling bias.
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Re:Almost one-third of Florida children tested are positive ... by scruple on Friday July 17, 2020 @02:08PM (#23873581)
It's been this way for a while. Especially with politics. Everyone you know is a pundit today.
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