Data Science at Home

Why average can get your predictions very wrong (ep. 102)


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Whenever people reason about probability of events, they have the tendency to consider average values between two extremes. 

In this episode I explain why such a way of approximating is wrong and dangerous, with a numerical example.

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Data Science at HomeBy Francesco Gadaleta

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