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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 12:29 AM
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Down with Statistics!
you math people can take your z-tests, your central limit theorem, and regression, and shove them RIGHT back where they started out...



finals stress :evilgrin:
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mike_c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 12:30 AM
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1. you gotta confidence interval for that conclusion...?
eom
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 12:37 AM
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4. yes
95%... and all data falls into the alpha region of the null hypothesis that stats are useful.

i.e.


stats suck :D
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Crazy Guggenheim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 12:31 AM
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2. Not probable.
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merwin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 12:33 AM
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3. 10 to 1 says that statistics will be around for a while
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 01:03 AM
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5. I'm going to school with a guy that's taking calculus and statisitics...
in the same quarter.
:wow:
Something tells me that if I would go over to his place he'd just be scribiling on the wall some calculated fucking formulas until he passes out or someone stops him.
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 01:06 AM
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6. gag
and what sucks is that the two have NOTHING TO DO WITH EACH OTHER.

so, its not like taking one helps the other. that guy must have a hard-on for stress
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 01:08 AM
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7. The left side of his brain must be overdeveloped is what I think
I've got to get back to studying for my Latin American history class.
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