13 October 2008

Stinky, Slimy Statistics

Probability of me understanding statistics = 64%
Probability of me punching someone in the nuts = 4%

But then try taking a look at the probability of me punching someone in the nuts GIVEN that I don't understand statistics for 3 hours on one problem. Suddenely you are bouncing up to a 99.2% chance of nut punching.

Yeah, I don't like those odds either.

3 comments:

Jana said...

Probability of me thinking that was just freakin' hilarious. 100%

Side of Jeffrey said...

Jana: What was the margin of error? Are we talking 1 or 2 standard deviations here?

Anonymous said...

Probability of Stephen punching someone in the nuts = 100%. Kristian just discovered these poor odds yesterday.