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Unfortunately it's not just the nightly news one needs to be skeptical of, it's also (amongst many others) your doctor—who probably isn't particularly well educ
by pacaro 13y ago
Unfortunately it's not just the nightly news one needs to be skeptical of, it's also (amongst many others) your doctor—who probably isn't particularly well educated w.r.t. statistics, but who will nonetheless give advice and prescribe treatments based on them.
- mattfenwick 13y agoThis is a great -- and scary -- point. These statistical fallacies and misunderstandings are so deeply ingrained into our scientific and medical systems that it's hard to see how and when they will be removed. I can attest from personal experience that many scientists 1) don't understand these statistical tests, 2) don't care to find out, and 3) don't think there's a problem.