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Posts Tagged ‘Statistics misconceptions’

Conditional risk

Posted by Ming Ling on September 23, 2010

The importance of understanding conditional probability. Or, another example of how a little information can be a dangerous thing.

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The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy

Posted by Ming Ling on September 14, 2010

For anyone out there who teaches (or enjoys thinking and learning about) cognitive psychology or statistics, here’s an entertaining explanation of “The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy“.

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