do those media people know what a statistical error is? lol. they're lucky they can read the teleprompter.
just give the results of your survey, or test. i don't expect you to show me your statistics homework.
i'm especially annoyed at medical pharmacological papers. they go into intricate math/stat analysis with basically no bearing on the subject matter. the test itself was probably biased, skewed, rigged and damaged by incompetence. i just want the numbers. got it! if i want a math/stat course i'll go to my local college.
the authors need stroking and your approval. "you're so smart. yes you are. yes you sre."
you know of course that the so called probability distributions used are all made up like the tooth fairy. they only exist in the (brain washed) minds of people who can then teach. they need the job.
i don't mind a little discipline in presenting important matter but it is secondary to the collected numbers. the tail does not wag the dog, the numbers should be given first, then the sample sizes and my brain can evaluate the results. you can even call the sample size a cohort and then at the bottom that useless phd can put in his two cents.
just sayin'.
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