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No, that's not what "statistics/variance predicts". What statistics predicts is that even if there was no pollution whatsoever in the entire country we would st
by DangerousPie 8y ago
No, that's not what "statistics/variance predicts". What statistics predicts is that even if there was no pollution whatsoever in the entire country we would still see some towns with increased cancer rates.
That said, I didn't do the math and it's entirely possible that the rates in Waycross are way above what one might expect by chance.
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- wtvanhest 8y agoYour original comment was still valuable though because it makes people consider another, and important angle. Someone will probably do the math and show that even after considering statistical variance, this is still an outlier, but I feel like I have a more complete view with your comment.