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>That doesn't make the studies cited any less accurate. No, but it does make it statistically more likely that they are inaccurate. It's known as 'study select
by nevinera 16y ago
>That doesn't make the studies cited any less accurate.
No, but it does make it statistically more likely that they are inaccurate. It's known as 'study selection bias'.
- joe_the_user 16y agoStatistics should only be applied to fairly uniform and understandable phenomena. Applying statistical likelihood in this instance is stretching the bounds of statistics considerably more than The Daily Mail stretched them.
- nevinera 16y agoNo, applying statistical methods to this instance is unreasonable. Observing that selection bias skews the probabilities involved is perfectly reasonable, and indeed almost necessary to rational discussion.