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By the 18th century, the term "statistics" designated the systematic collection of demographic and economic data by states.

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The term "mathematical statistics" designates the mathematical theories of probability and statistical inference, which are used in statistical practice.

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Blaise Pascal, an early pioneer on the mathematics of probability.



How statistics can be misleading - Mark Liddell

Kind of dark scenarios. I realize those are high stakes examples.
Lack of awareness of Simpson’s Paradox is basically the bane of all doctor’s existence.
1:38 It's because Hospital B got worse students!


(In other words, Getting really unlucky in a game doesn't make you bad)
A lot of this is Simpson's Paradox!
3:20 That's sad and unfair, how can you do that to people
thanks
This actually makes sense to me now. As a Trump supporter, this definitely makes me believe this concept could apply to why the left is so brainwashed about social injustice. Being bad at math or never taking statistics class, could possibly have an affect on completely different areas of your world view, because everything in the universe is connected!!!
I actually didn’t understand the Florida death penalty case, could someone help me understand?😅
i didnt get the florida's death penalty topic:(
My Nan once said to my statistical claim...
"We all know the STATISTICS"

How right she was
This video is too smart for me
More relevant in post pandemic age
Can someone explain the last example
Good statistical analysis requires (1) expertise and (2) integrity. Statistics give power, so they will always attract (1) incompetent people and (2) immoral people.
Uh
In science we call this p-hacking. or Phacking
3:36
Something that I feel happened at different layers in Covid😷 misleading statistics and vague general understanding of life sciences among the people, was conducive to use more Oxygen in inspired breath to injure the lung through oxidative stress causing alveolar damage. At the higher abstracted layer, it was blamed on the virus and oxygen supplementation was suggested as the remedy.
Learn about Oxygen toxicity at different oxygen percentages and understand why for example, underwater divers don't use pure oxygen tanks anymore.
hey can we bring this up in regard to circumcision? a modern day moral crisis
trying to be a master of discerning truth from fiction

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