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I have always thought people rely on the normal distribution too much. Does it work? Sometimes. The problem is that people tend to believe something they use
by socrates1998 13y ago
I have always thought people rely on the normal distribution too much.
Does it work? Sometimes.
The problem is that people tend to believe something they use a lot.
Even the 0.05 threshold is sort of made up.
Correlation does not mean causation.
- jheriko 13y agop-values need not arise from the normal distribution - but any distribution - selecting the right one is another cause for error when producing them. the normal distribution is also quite well justified by the central limit theorem. i do however agree that a p-value of 0.05 is not worth very much.
- jessaustin 13y agoCareful, don't poke the hornet's nest: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7064435 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7064435