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"95 percentile" vs "1 in 20" is a good example of how confusing statistics are. First sounds excellent, second sounds like anyone could (try to) do it.
by sprobertson 5y ago
"95 percentile" vs "1 in 20" is a good example of how confusing statistics are. First sounds excellent, second sounds like anyone could (try to) do it.
- eru 5y agoYes. Though I think the more interesting part of the article are when the author goes into the detailed mechanics of how that effort looks like for two examples.
- rightbyte 5y ago20 people is about a school class. Being the best at something everyone does in a class is rather hard. If you suck at skipping rope (I did) you could probably climb the implicit rank quite easily by practice, till you were up against the sporty girls with aptitude.