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It's amazing how often a simple Venn diagram or probability tree can cut through the fog and deliver a clear answer to a statistical question. This is slightly
by gaur 10y ago
It's amazing how often a simple Venn diagram or probability tree can cut through the fog and deliver a clear answer to a statistical question.
This is slightly off topic, but I can never remember what "specificity" and "sensitivity" are supposed to mean in this context. I wish people (Wikipedia editors included) would stop using these opaque words, and instead just say in plain English what probabilities they're referring to.
It's almost as bad as "type 1 error" and "type 2 error", which are terms that are actively hostile to building an understanding of statistical inference.
- coaxial 10y agoI find this website[1] pretty good for explaining maths and statistics concepts in a much more accessible way. [1] http://betterexplained.com/articles/an-intuitive-and-short-explanation-of-bayes-theorem/ http://betterexplained.com/articles/an-intuitive-and-short-e...
- k7wqcyfgmu 10y agoI find "sensitive" and "specific" to be very clear descriptors. If the test is not specific, it will detect things that are not specifically the drug. If the test is not sensitive enough, it might miss the drug.