fraiserouge@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · edit-216 hours agoJD Vance says it's a “statistical fact” that the left commits more political violence.newrepublic.comexternal-linkmessage-square119fedilinkarrow-up1387arrow-down112
arrow-up1375arrow-down1external-linkJD Vance says it's a “statistical fact” that the left commits more political violence.newrepublic.comfraiserouge@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · edit-216 hours agomessage-square119fedilink
minus-squareHexesofVexes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up35·6 hours ago“Statistical fact” - as someone forced to teach statistics, whenever a student writes this phrase they lose marks. Any statistical statement is an implication of evidence, not a statement of fact.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 hours agoStatistics adds confidence intervals to data. You never get to 100% confidence = fact.
“Statistical fact” - as someone forced to teach statistics, whenever a student writes this phrase they lose marks. Any statistical statement is an implication of evidence, not a statement of fact.
Statistics adds confidence intervals to data. You never get to 100% confidence = fact.
Amen.