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February 28, 2013 01:44 pm PST
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More accurate, but less reliable
This is a fascinating problem that affects a lot of scientific modeling (in fact, I'll be talking about this in the second part of my series on gun violence research) — the more specific and accurate your predictions, the less reliable they sometimes become. Think about climate science. When you read the IPCC reports, what [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/4g0Spa9rfec/more-accurate-but-less-reliab.html
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