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Re:P-Hacking in Startups by Retric on Saturday June 21, 2025 @10:15PM (#44342713)
Probably mangled the expression. (0.95)^9 = 63%, 1 - (0.95)^9 = 37%

Hmm, (1 - (1-0.95))^9 also = 63%. No idea why 64, closest I can see is 1-(0.95)^20 or 1-(1-0.05)^20 = 64%.

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Re:P-Hacking in Startups by blobbers on Sunday June 22, 2025 @12:05AM (#44343491)
Yeah, I thought he was talking about 1 out of 20 features, but that's kind of why I was wondering if AI had written it. Sometimes it'll have mis-aligned figures etc.
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