Recommendation: Learn statistics

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[–]NuclearBadger 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Stats are gay. When I see an ad for anything and it says 70% of women agree. I want to know what the 30% thought was shit.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

That gay stat usually means the sample was biased. For example, are the women in the study just agreeing with what the researchers asked to be polite? Are the women just sampled among those who have a strong opinion?

Statistics is useful for AI. That most statistics mislead is because statistics are used by corporations and governments to persuade. Normies cannot look at data with a skeptical mind.

[–]NuclearBadger 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeh, you could survey 10000 people, and then choose 10 of those to make 9 out of 10 people agree, when in reality 9991 disagree, but you're technically not lying.