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Agree. I think it's more important to understand statistical fallacies (selection bias, regression to the mean, survivorship bias, etc). Those are extremely com
by ngruhn 22d ago
Agree. I think it's more important to understand statistical fallacies (selection bias, regression to the mean, survivorship bias, etc). Those are extremely common trip wires but to recognize them you don't need to memorize formal definitions.
- jcgl 22d agoAgreed. And throw in some Bayesian thinking too (like the Farmer and the Librarian).