ext_76852 ([identity profile] bateleur.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] lathany 2003-12-10 10:35 am (UTC)

Stats Blindness

Agreed.

I mentioned the statistical fallacy [livejournal.com profile] condign was laughing at in his law school blog (see here (http://www.threeyearsofhell.com/archive/000341.html) if you missed it) to a group of work colleagues.

I got a mixture of blank looks and general snorting about the evils of homophobia, but was surprised to note that the underlying fallacy was not immediately obvious to anyone there.

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