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re: Weather forecasts and statistics
Posted on 4/28/16 at 10:18 am to Bmath
Posted on 4/28/16 at 10:18 am to Bmath
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Would you rather they pass a standard that only allows them to be able to display 1% and 99% to leave room for doubt
It's petty as frick, but yes. You can expand on that 1% of statistical doubt. I mean, I personally know better and realize I have to keep on watching the forecast, but it's just something that irks me.
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Posted on 4/28/16 at 10:22 am to KG6
quote:Well their models probably do say something like 99.7% chance of rain or something like that. And while I agree it would be nice to get more precision, this will probably only confuse the average person even more unfortunately.
It's petty as frick, but yes. You can expand on that 1% of statistical doubt. I mean, I personally know better and realize I have to keep on watching the forecast, but it's just something that irks me.
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