E7: Sampling Bias
Explicit
Statistically Insignificant by Tess O'Brien
S1 · E7
Dec 2, 2021
39:44
Episode notes

We talk about what it really means to have a biased sample, how this is different to other types of measure, and what that means for a few examples. We look at a classic case study from military history, health research, and a breathtakingly transphobic survey.

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References:

M. Grandjean, McGeddon, & Moll (2021, 2016, 2005 respectively) 'Survivorship-Bias.svg' - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=102017718

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