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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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− | {{w| | + | Blondie speaks to a crowd at "Statistics Conference 2022" and, by show of hands, learns that most of the audience is familiar with {{w|selection bias}}. The joke is that she's falling for the very thing she's trying to explain. A statistics conference is likely to have a much higher percentage of statisticians in the audience than a truly random sample of the population would, and therefore be familiar with this statistical term, which describes exactly that phenomenon. |
− | + | This joke also ties into how statistics as a whole can be highly counter-intuitive and sometimes almost paradoxical, where things like the {{w|Monty Hall problem}} and {{w|survivorship bias}} lead people into thinking the answer to a problem is definitely in a place it's not. That Blondie, presumably a statistician herself, made this kind of mistake is professionally embarrassing but not unprecedented. | |
− | + | The title text refers to [https://psychology.fandom.com/wiki/Acquiescence_bias Acquiesence bias], which is the tendency of people to respond positively to positive questions, for example "You are familiar with the excellent XKCD?" is more likely to generate the answer yes than "Are you familiar with that webcomic that nobody understands until they go to ExplainXKCD?" | |
− | + | ==Transcript== | |
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+ | [Blondie is standing at a lectern, under a sign reading “Statistics conference 2022”. In front of her are two Cueballs, Hairbun, and Megan, all seated and raising their hands.] | ||
− | + | Blondie: Raise your hand if you’re familiar with selection bias. | |
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− | + | Blondie: As you can see, it’s a term most people know... | |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Blondie]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Blondie]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Hairbun]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Hairbun]] | ||
− | [[Category:Comics featuring | + | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] |
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[[Category:Public speaking]] | [[Category:Public speaking]] | ||
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