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luckykaa ([personal profile] luckykaa) wrote2009-02-18 08:36 am

Fun with statisitics.

Firstly though, Cool and bizarre pictures

I was listening on the radio t a report talking about bank bonuses and that there was a person who complained that the bank was taking too much risk. 

As it turned out, he was right.  But that doesn't actually mean anything.  Hindsight is always 20-20.  Here's an example: I can predict with 100% accuracy, the results of 5 coin tosses.  I'll make 31 other predictions that are wrong... 

I read in the Metro that 11% of girls aged 12-18 are allowed to have boys stay overnight.  Sounds pretty awful doesn't it?  But a third of that group is above 16.  If 33% of that group are allowed boys to stay overnight, then that would explain the statistics perfectly, but wouldn't sound nearly as shocking. 


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