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Re: No More Meaningless Benchmarks!by davido (Cardinal) |
on Dec 09, 2006 at 02:36 UTC ( [id://588752]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Mark Twain said "There are three types of lies; lies, damn lies, and statistics." Unfortunately the world is dumbed-down enough that people can easily be bamboozled by stats. Just reflect on advertising slogans and claims (a few contrived examples):
What people often don't get is the concept of statistical significance. ...and relative significance (which is related). Teaching that is beyond the scope of this node. ;) Dave
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