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Statistically insignificant outcomes are, by definition, rare.
by steveeq1 10y ago
Statistically 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.