@yokonzo@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months agojust messing around with Google ngram, found a surprising correlation with these two wordsNSFWlemmy.worldimagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down10
arrow-up148arrow-down1imagejust messing around with Google ngram, found a surprising correlation with these two wordsNSFWlemmy.world@yokonzo@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-square@ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink19•10 months agois this not just a manifestation of the law of large numbers?
minus-square@yokonzo@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglish8•10 months agoIdk, maybe, I just thought it was dumb and funny
minus-square@benni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink7•10 months agoWhy the law of large numbers? I’d think it’s p-hacking. Meaning if he tried out many different combinations, the chances are high he’d eventually come across some which are only correlated by chance. Here’s a related XKCD:
minus-square@SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink5•10 months agoCoincides with the release of Broke Back Mountain pretty well actually….
is this not just a manifestation of the law of large numbers?
Idk, maybe, I just thought it was dumb and funny
Why the law of large numbers?
I’d think it’s p-hacking. Meaning if he tried out many different combinations, the chances are high he’d eventually come across some which are only correlated by chance. Here’s a related XKCD:
Coincides with the release of Broke Back Mountain pretty well actually….