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Understandable? Two words: statistical significance :P I've seen university employees who still don't understand what it is and can't explain it...and just ab

• dr_dshiv 7y ago
  On the +J+
• mschuetz 7y ago
  Not sure why you're downvoted. Also noticed that everyone uses statistics because you're expected to, but hardly anyone knows how to do it right.
• chalst 7y ago
  Most scientists who use statistics are not statisticians.
  • bregma 7y ago
    95% of scientists who use statistics are not statisticians, plus or minus 5%, 19 times out of 20.
• dorgo 7y ago
  "statistical significance" - it has too many problems. A colleague complained once, that his test kept alternating between statistical significant and not significant back and forth. I know it's not how it is supposed to work, but most people using it don't know (or care) how to use it. My opinion: just don't use this concept at all.