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   by siginfo 9y ago

   They do briefly mention "the relative cost of type I versus type II errors". Both errors (Type I - false positive, Type II - false negative) have some cost associated. Money saved by using a small sample size is wasted trying to r
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   Promoter in failed Bahamas Fyre music festival arrested in New York(theguardian.com)

   3 points by siginfo 9y ago|0 comments
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   by siginfo 11y ago

   It should be called the "slightly overweight paradox". Article makes lots of qualitative statements. Much easier to look at the data (900,000 person study): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC266