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Jeffrey Rosenthal, a professor of statistics at the University of Toronto, answers the internet’s burning questions about statistics. What are the most common statistical errors? Why...
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No one remembers when you’re right, but no one forgets when you’re wrong. Your local weather person knows that saying all too well. But while they...