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Re:More than half of adults in U.S. say they lack basic stat... by throw310822 on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @03:08AM (#49445089)
>> found that 62% of respondents reported no or limited statistical knowledge

Combined with Dunning-Kruger, this means that the real number of people completely clueless about statistics is closer to 38%.

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Re:More than half of adults in U.S. say they lack basic stat... by freehorse on Wednesday August 26, 2026 @03:42AM (#49445322)
Funny that you mentioned an effect that may just have been a statistical artifact after all [0, 1]

(Also, I assume you are joking in how you apply the effect here even assuming it is real)

[0] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8992690/

[1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S01602...

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