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The answer to the how-many-significant-digits problem is the same as the answer to the what-to-graph problem: The click-through solution

Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science 2025-03-07

Summary:

We sometimes have discussions on the blog warning people against displaying too many significant digits. For example, back in 2012 I asked, “Is it meaningful to talk about a probability of “65.7%” that Obama will win the election?”, and I … Continue reading →

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Authors:

Andrew

Date tagged:

03/07/2025, 15:52

Date published:

03/07/2025, 09:37