And yet when people make decisions, they are much more influenced by anecdotal relevance than statistical soundness. Reminds me of the time when my buddy was tr

And yet when people make decisions, they are much more influenced by anecdotal relevance than statistical soundness. Reminds me of the time when my buddy was trying to get a spot doing research as an undergrad in one of the biochem labs. More than one prof had labs where female undergrads outnumbered the males, so he said he wished he was female so he could "wiggle my ass" to get into a lab. edit: Also, there are statistics of overall populations and statistics of subpopulations. Sometimes the smaller sample sizes (the subpopulations) are more relevant.