saturn comments on The Amanda Knox Test: How an Hour on the Internet Beats a Year in the Courtroom - Less Wrong

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Comment author: saturn 13 December 2009 08:14:51AM *  1 point [-]

No! In this context confidence intervals around the probability have no meaning!

Why can't they be confidence intervals around the probability after doing [some amount] more research?

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 13 December 2009 09:44:30AM 1 point [-]

Relevant post: Readiness Heuristics

Comment author: wedrifid 13 December 2009 08:20:12AM 1 point [-]

Why can't they be confidence intervals around the probability after doing [some amount] more research?

That you can do.