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The lines connecting the stars in this "constellation" create a crude illustration of a person with an outstretched arm holding up a dog, which could be a reference to the film {{w|Life is Beautiful}} where a waiter carries a dog on his tray without realizing. The name "Rexthor the Dog Bearer" spoofs the fact that numerous Greek-derived constellation names have both a proper name and an epithet (for example, "Orion, the Hunter"). The fact that "Rex" is an archetypal dog name (but also meaning {{w|Rex (title)|king}} as in king of the dinosaurs <i>Tyrannosaurus rex</i>), adds to the humor. | The lines connecting the stars in this "constellation" create a crude illustration of a person with an outstretched arm holding up a dog, which could be a reference to the film {{w|Life is Beautiful}} where a waiter carries a dog on his tray without realizing. The name "Rexthor the Dog Bearer" spoofs the fact that numerous Greek-derived constellation names have both a proper name and an epithet (for example, "Orion, the Hunter"). The fact that "Rex" is an archetypal dog name (but also meaning {{w|Rex (title)|king}} as in king of the dinosaurs <i>Tyrannosaurus rex</i>), adds to the humor. | ||
β | The 95% {{w|confidence interval}} in statistics is such a range of an estimate, that | + | The 95% {{w|confidence interval}} in statistics is such a range of an estimate, that the probability of the real value (the estimated population parameter) to lie inside the range is at least 95%. The confidence interval is a standard method to provide evaluation of the estimation error in statistics. On the right panel the resulting estimate seems to be a drawing, so the 95% confidence interval would be a set of all drawings derived from the sample such that the probability of the right drawing to be among them is at least 95%. According to the title text among these drawings you can find a cat and a teapot as well, so we can't be 95% confident that a dog exists in the data. |
The teapot may be a reference to {{w|Russell's_teapot|Russell's teapot}}, or possibly to the {{w|Sagittarius_(constellation)#Visualizations|"teapot" asterism in the constellation Sagittarius.}} Alternatively it is just because the "dog" actually looks more like a teapot than a dog, and Randall noticed this and added it in the title text. In the latter case, the two first suggestions are just another example on how humans see patterns also where there are none to find, like those of {{w|pareidolia}} mentioned in [[1551: Pluto]]. | The teapot may be a reference to {{w|Russell's_teapot|Russell's teapot}}, or possibly to the {{w|Sagittarius_(constellation)#Visualizations|"teapot" asterism in the constellation Sagittarius.}} Alternatively it is just because the "dog" actually looks more like a teapot than a dog, and Randall noticed this and added it in the title text. In the latter case, the two first suggestions are just another example on how humans see patterns also where there are none to find, like those of {{w|pareidolia}} mentioned in [[1551: Pluto]]. |