Talk:2696: Precision vs Accuracy - Revision history

SeaDragon1 at 15:28, 30 December 2025

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2A06:63C5:8001:1700:C33:849F:7CBE:1A10 at 15:27, 30 December 2025

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176.199.209.149 at 16:17, 21 December 2025

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Squishmallow fan at 19:03, 3 July 2024

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Psychoticpotato at 21:40, 13 May 2024

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141.101.104.79 at 13:07, 21 February 2024

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Squishmallow fan at 21:48, 10 February 2024

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108.162.221.60 at 13:03, 12 October 2023

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172.70.251.120: Undo revision 301902 by 172.70.114.79 (talk)

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Undo revision 301902 by 172.70.114.79 (talk)

172.70.114.79 at 23:33, 19 December 2022

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 :Well, as a UKian, I was happy enough. Tell you what, though, let's develop a [[927: Standards|new and mutually-acceptable standard notation]]... ;) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.25|172.70.85.25]] 09:44, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
 ::Good idea. Lets meet on [[2562|11/12/22]] to discuss the details. --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 13:41, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
-:::Using {{w|ISO 8601}} to convey the actual date: In American time, the time would be 2022-11-12. In European time, it would be 2022-12-11. In ISO 8601, it would be 2011-12-22. [[Special:Contributions/2A06:63C5:8001:1700:C33:849F:7CBE:1A10|2A06:63C5:8001:1700:C33:849F:7CBE:1A10]] 15:27, 30 December 2025 (UTC)
+:::Using {{w|ISO 8601}} to convey the actual date: In American time, the time would be 2022-11-12. In European time, it would be 2022-12-11. In ISO 8601, it would be 2011-12-22. [[User:SeaDragon1|SeaDragon1]] ([[User talk:SeaDragon1|talk]]) 15:28, 30 December 2025 (UTC)
 I think Randall missed an opportunity to clarify how high precision can make something inaccurate.  He could have said that Obama is 6’ 1.02173” tall, which would clearly be very precise, and also clearly inaccurate, simply because of the excessive precision. [[User:John|John]] ([[User talk:John|talk]]) 15:22, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

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 :Well, as a UKian, I was happy enough. Tell you what, though, let's develop a [[927: Standards|new and mutually-acceptable standard notation]]... ;) [[Special:Contributions/172.70.85.25|172.70.85.25]] 09:44, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
 ::Good idea. Lets meet on [[2562|11/12/22]] to discuss the details. --[[User:Lupo|Lupo]] ([[User talk:Lupo|talk]]) 13:41, 10 November 2022 (UTC)
 I think Randall missed an opportunity to clarify how high precision can make something inaccurate.  He could have said that Obama is 6’ 1.02173” tall, which would clearly be very precise, and also clearly inaccurate, simply because of the excessive precision. [[User:John|John]] ([[User talk:John|talk]]) 15:22, 10 November 2022 (UTC)

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	:'''INSANELY LOW PRECISION'''/'''UNFATHOMABLY LOW ACCURACY''' [[User:Psychoticpotato\|Psychoticpotato]] ([[User talk:Psychoticpotato\|talk]]) 21:40, 13 May 2024 (UTC)		:'''INSANELY LOW PRECISION'''/'''UNFATHOMABLY LOW ACCURACY''' [[User:Psychoticpotato\|Psychoticpotato]] ([[User talk:Psychoticpotato\|talk]]) 21:40, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
	:: cat leg is hundreds of obama [[User:Squishmallow fan\|Squishmallow fan]] ([[User talk:Squishmallow fan\|talk]]) 19:03, 3 July 2024 (UTC)		:: cat leg is hundreds of obama [[User:Squishmallow fan\|Squishmallow fan]] ([[User talk:Squishmallow fan\|talk]]) 19:03, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
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		+	A little aside: In information science, "precision" has a very different meaning. So if you hear precision and accuracy for example with regards to some kind of medical test, precision is the fraction of true positives among predicted positives. Together with recall, which measures true positives among real positives, precision and recall are two aspects of accuracy, where accuracy is then the fraction of correct predictions (positive or negative) among all predictions. In terms of an example: Precision is the chance that when you get a positive pregnancy test you are actually pregnant. Recall is the chance that when you are actually pregnant and take a test, the test will show positive. Accuracy is the chance that the result you see on your test (whether it's positive or negative) is correct.--[[Special:Contributions/176.199.209.149\|176.199.209.149]] 16:17, 21 December 2025 (UTC)

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	:'''INSANELY LOW PRECISION'''/'''UNFATHOMABLY LOW ACCURACY''' [[User:Psychoticpotato\|Psychoticpotato]] ([[User talk:Psychoticpotato\|talk]]) 21:40, 13 May 2024 (UTC)		:'''INSANELY LOW PRECISION'''/'''UNFATHOMABLY LOW ACCURACY''' [[User:Psychoticpotato\|Psychoticpotato]] ([[User talk:Psychoticpotato\|talk]]) 21:40, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
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	If you only look at the squares that mention cats, the resulting shape resembles a basic glider from Conway's Game of Life. I don't know how much this has to do with the comic but it feels like the sort of nerd shit that is worth mentioning. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.60\|108.162.221.60]] 13:03, 12 October 2023 (UTC)		If you only look at the squares that mention cats, the resulting shape resembles a basic glider from Conway's Game of Life. I don't know how much this has to do with the comic but it feels like the sort of nerd shit that is worth mentioning. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.60\|108.162.221.60]] 13:03, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
		+	:I came to this page to mention the fact only to find that I already did. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.104.79\|141.101.104.79]] 13:07, 21 February 2024 (UTC)

	most obamas have hundreds of legs in their cat [[User:Squishmallow fan\|Squishmallow fan]] ([[User talk:Squishmallow fan\|talk]]) 21:48, 10 February 2024 (UTC)		most obamas have hundreds of legs in their cat [[User:Squishmallow fan\|Squishmallow fan]] ([[User talk:Squishmallow fan\|talk]]) 21:48, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

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	If you only look at the squares that mention cats, the resulting shape resembles a basic glider from Conway's Game of Life. I don't know how much this has to do with the comic but it feels like the sort of nerd shit that is worth mentioning. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.60\|108.162.221.60]] 13:03, 12 October 2023 (UTC)		If you only look at the squares that mention cats, the resulting shape resembles a basic glider from Conway's Game of Life. I don't know how much this has to do with the comic but it feels like the sort of nerd shit that is worth mentioning. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.60\|108.162.221.60]] 13:03, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
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		+	most obamas have hundreds of legs in their cat [[User:Squishmallow fan\|Squishmallow fan]] ([[User talk:Squishmallow fan\|talk]]) 21:48, 10 February 2024 (UTC)

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	In the fewer-legs-than-your-cat category, any interest in adding a link to the "How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?" riddle often attributed to Lincoln? The best link I found is https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/11/15/legs/ which makes it clear the riddle was already in circulation by 1825, well before Lincoln's usage. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.163\|108.162.246.163]] 05:30, 13 November 2022 (UTC)		In the fewer-legs-than-your-cat category, any interest in adding a link to the "How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?" riddle often attributed to Lincoln? The best link I found is https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/11/15/legs/ which makes it clear the riddle was already in circulation by 1825, well before Lincoln's usage. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.163\|108.162.246.163]] 05:30, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
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		+	If you only look at the squares that mention cats, the resulting shape resembles a basic glider from Conway's Game of Life. I don't know how much this has to do with the comic but it feels like the sort of nerd shit that is worth mentioning. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.221.60\|108.162.221.60]] 13:03, 12 October 2023 (UTC)

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	In the fewer-legs-than-your-cat category, any interest in adding a link to the "How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?" riddle often attributed to Lincoln? The best link I found is https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/11/15/legs/ which makes it clear the riddle was already in circulation by 1825, well before Lincoln's usage. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.163\|108.162.246.163]] 05:30, 13 November 2022 (UTC)		In the fewer-legs-than-your-cat category, any interest in adding a link to the "How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?" riddle often attributed to Lincoln? The best link I found is https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/11/15/legs/ which makes it clear the riddle was already in circulation by 1825, well before Lincoln's usage. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.163\|108.162.246.163]] 05:30, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
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−	Technically, Barack Obama was president for 0 hours. He never qualified for the job because he failed to provide non-forged evidence of being a natural born citizen of the United States. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.114.79\|172.70.114.79]] 23:33, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

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	In the fewer-legs-than-your-cat category, any interest in adding a link to the "How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?" riddle often attributed to Lincoln? The best link I found is https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/11/15/legs/ which makes it clear the riddle was already in circulation by 1825, well before Lincoln's usage. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.163\|108.162.246.163]] 05:30, 13 November 2022 (UTC)		In the fewer-legs-than-your-cat category, any interest in adding a link to the "How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?" riddle often attributed to Lincoln? The best link I found is https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/11/15/legs/ which makes it clear the riddle was already in circulation by 1825, well before Lincoln's usage. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.163\|108.162.246.163]] 05:30, 13 November 2022 (UTC)
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		+	Technically, Barack Obama was president for 0 hours. He never qualified for the job because he failed to provide non-forged evidence of being a natural born citizen of the United States. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.114.79\|172.70.114.79]] 23:33, 19 December 2022 (UTC)