I mentioned the statistical fallacy 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.
Stats Blindness
Date: 2003-12-10 10:35 am (UTC)I mentioned the statistical fallacy
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.