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meikos
2729 days ago
You do know the number 95% comes very frequently from statistical analysis right?
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JeremyBanks
2729 days ago
You know putting "right" at the end turns your comment from helpful to dickish, right?
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sathackr
2729 days ago
It comes up at least 95% of the time when discussing statistical analysis.
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myopicgoat
2729 days ago
You may be referring to p-values, and the arbitrary 0.05 threshold but in that case, the connection is risky at best and wrong in general (common misinterpretation of p-value as probability of alternative being false)
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