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> like reporting confidence intervals Then there is the problem of how insanely innumerate society at large is to the point where something like this doesn't r
by weaksauce 5y ago
> like reporting confidence intervals
Then there is the problem of how insanely innumerate society at large is to the point where something like this doesn't register for huge swaths of people. might work in the context of engineers or people with some higher education but not all contexts.
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 5y agoI don't know, it feels like many people understand ranges (but still not all). They don't need to understand what a CI is to get "somewhere between 1 and 3." The barrier I face is that while they understand ranges, they can't take uncertainty.