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0 pointshiminlomax5y ago0 comments

Over a stable population of 10s of millions of people, it's unlikely to be notable.

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That misses the point. I want to know whether +14% is a 1,3, or 5 sigma event.

For that calculation stddev is in the denominator and whether it's 2%, 4% or 6% makes a huge difference, notable or not.

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0 pointshiminlomax5y ago0 comments

Over a stable population of 10s of millions of people, it's unlikely to be notable.

That misses the point. I want to know whether +14% is a 1,3, or 5 sigma event.

For that calculation stddev is in the denominator and whether it's 2%, 4% or 6% makes a huge difference, notable or not.

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