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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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{{incomplete|Created by a SCREAMINGLY SIGNIFICANT STAT STUDENT.  Note: there's a name for when the bone in your ear pulls away after exposure to loud noise, could be thematic to reference it.  There's probably also a name for the statistical mistake the comic demonstrates.  Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}
 
"Slope hypothesis testing" is a method of testing the significance of a hypothesis involving a scatter plot.
 
"Slope hypothesis testing" is a method of testing the significance of a hypothesis involving a scatter plot.
  
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Additionally, a common theme in some research is the discovery of correlations that do not survive independent reproduction.  This is because randomness with too few samples produces apparent correlations, and Randall has repeatedly made comics about this hopeful error (see [[111]], [[925]] and [[882]] among others).
 
Additionally, a common theme in some research is the discovery of correlations that do not survive independent reproduction.  This is because randomness with too few samples produces apparent correlations, and Randall has repeatedly made comics about this hopeful error (see [[111]], [[925]] and [[882]] among others).
  
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In the title text, Megan and Cueball are trying to yell over each other, asking each other to speak up so they can be heard; they are presumably suffering tinnitus or other hearing problems after listening to so much shouting.
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In the title text, Megan and Cueball are trying to yell over each other, asking each other to speak up so they can be heard, presumably because they are having trouble hearing from the yelling experiment.  Or possibly they have trouble speaking audibly because they score poorly on statistics exams.
  
 
==Transcript==
 
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