Statistics are.convincing to those who don't know statistics.
Sep 5, 2020 00:52:35 #
awesome14
Loc: UK
If the there is 70% chance that a thing might occur, is there any chance it will occur?
If you flip a coin 10 times, and it's a real US coin, and it lands heads-up 9 times, does chance favor the 11th toss landing tails-up?
Is there a greater chance a roulette wheel will land on the same slot seven times in a row, or of it landing a certain defined other sequence of seven slots?
If a woman has a 3% chance of being accosted while out jogging, what are the chances after it happens?
If you add together all the probabilities of bad things that could happen to an individual, is it more than 100%?
Have fun!
If you flip a coin 10 times, and it's a real US coin, and it lands heads-up 9 times, does chance favor the 11th toss landing tails-up?
Is there a greater chance a roulette wheel will land on the same slot seven times in a row, or of it landing a certain defined other sequence of seven slots?
If a woman has a 3% chance of being accosted while out jogging, what are the chances after it happens?
If you add together all the probabilities of bad things that could happen to an individual, is it more than 100%?
Have fun!
Sep 5, 2020 00:55:13 #
Sep 5, 2020 05:56:48 #
Sep 5, 2020 08:04:19 #
My wife is a statistician. She tells me I shouldn't use any of my limited brainpower on these things. 50% chance I'll be wrong.
Sep 5, 2020 12:27:00 #
Ask the next 30 people you see what their birthdays are. Chances are, one of them will have your birth date (not year).
Sep 5, 2020 12:28:55 #
Sep 5, 2020 16:41:29 #
TylerDurdensReel
Loc: Fresno Ca.
Probability is the study of chance. Statistics is more concerned with how we handle data using different analysis techniques and collection methods. You can use statistics to put a number on the likelihood of an event but it probably won't be correct. Statistics will definitely tell you for sure how many times an event has occurred but not if and when it ever will again.
We would have to gather some statistics before we could know that your statement, "statistics are convincing to those who don't no statistics" is correct. It probably isn't correct.
We would have to gather some statistics before we could know that your statement, "statistics are convincing to those who don't no statistics" is correct. It probably isn't correct.
Sep 5, 2020 21:31:56 #
awesome14 wrote:
If the there is 70% chance that a thing might occu... (show quote)
There is a 99% chance I will come up with many great excuses not to mow the lawn tomorrow. There is also a 99% chance the misses will shoot them all down
Sep 6, 2020 05:32:08 #
I didn't see any statistics, only probabilities. Probabilities tell us what might happen. Statistics tell us what has happened.
Sep 6, 2020 07:36:23 #
Sep 6, 2020 08:06:39 #
I used to believe that 50% of the population was of lower than average intelligence but as I grow older I'm becoming convinced that it is a far higher percentage than that!
Sep 6, 2020 08:37:46 #
TylerDurdensReel wrote:
Probability is the study of chance. Statistics is ... (show quote)
What is the probability the sun will come up in the morning?
Sep 6, 2020 09:20:35 #
Chances are, this discussion will go on for quite a while, and someone will publish statistics about what has been posted.
Sep 6, 2020 09:21:13 #
JADAV wrote:
I used to believe that 50% of the population was of lower than average intelligence but as I grow older I'm becoming convinced that it is a far higher percentage than that!
Speaking of averages, the average American has one testicle.
Sep 6, 2020 09:34:59 #
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