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July 27, 2011 5:06 pm at 5:06 pm
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Leiderleider – don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater. Not all statistics are flawed (only 35.7% are).
As I pointed out – if the headline would have read : ‘Family beats 1 in 133,225 odds” that would have been a perfectly correct statistic (allowing for very slight seasonal fluctuations)
The chances of winning the lotto twice are tiny. But having won it once – you’re half way there already! Now you’re chance of winning it again are the same as everybody.