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Comment author: Plasmon 13 January 2015 08:21:18PM 6 points [-]

doctors, who know jack shit about statistical and causal inference

Statistical Literacy Among Doctors Now Lower Than Chance

Comment author: buybuydandavis 13 January 2015 08:57:31PM 2 points [-]

From the article, why I may seem a little miffed about the whole thing:

I am sure that statisticians and math professors making life-changing health or reproductive decisions feel perfectly confident being at the mercy of people whose statistics knowledge is worse than chance.

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