• FishFace@piefed.social
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    22 hours ago

    Slight correction: I don’t believe anyone ever actually made the mistake during the war; i think survivorship statistics were in fact first analysed correctly, rather than incorrectly! But obviously it makes a good story the other way :P

    • trollercoaster@sh.itjust.works
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      8 hours ago

      The mathematics behind the statistical analysis of suvivorship bias were so important that the paper first describing the phenomenon was classified right away.