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7. That's not a statistics question, that's a Chaos Theory question...

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 02:15 PM

Dec 5

... or, really, a Murphy's Law question, and the answer is "every damn time."

-- Mal

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Statistics/Math Question [View all] Orrex Dec 4 OP

Ah Yes..I've had this action quite more than a few times. chouchou Dec 4 #1

The only thing I remember from the one statistics course... 3catwoman3 Dec 4 #2

It depends. The Madcap Dec 4 #3

Good question Orrex Dec 4 #4

Yeah, what you need to do is "sample without replacement" GopherGal Dec 4 #6

I would... 2naSalit Dec 4 #5

That's not a statistics question, that's a Chaos Theory question... malthaussen Dec 5 #7