yokonzo@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agojust messing around with Google ngram, found a surprising correlation with these two wordsNSFWlemmy.worldimagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down16
arrow-up142arrow-down1imagejust messing around with Google ngram, found a surprising correlation with these two wordsNSFWlemmy.worldyokonzo@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·2 months agois this not just a manifestation of the law of large numbers?
minus-squareyokonzo@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoIdk, maybe, I just thought it was dumb and funny
minus-squarebenni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 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-squareSchmidtGenetics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 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:![](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/significant.png)
Coincides with the release of Broke Back Mountain pretty well actually….