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That's now how statistics works. Like, if were were comparing McDonald's coffee burns to Burger King Coffee burns and the different was only 700 people we might
by neaden 10y ago
That's now how statistics works. Like, if were were comparing McDonald's coffee burns to Burger King Coffee burns and the different was only 700 people we might say that there isn't a statistically significant difference between the rate, but you can't just say a rare outcome is statistically insignificant on it's own.
- steveeq1 10y agoStatistically insignificant outcomes are, by definition, rare.
- neaden 10y agoNo they aren't. First off nothing can just be statistically insignificant, it has to be statistically insignificant compared to something. So you can say that people are not more likely to be burned by McDonalds coffee then Burger King, or at home. This could be true even if lots of people got burned by McDonalds coffee, so long as lots of people got burned by Burger King or their home coffee. You can also have a statistically significant outcome that's rare. Guillain-Barré syndrome is a rare side effect of some vaccines, but's it's not statistically insignificant.