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Examine the
statistics:
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“Lies, d*mned
lies and statistics”
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Appropriate
statistical tests applied properly?
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Did they do
proper error analysis?
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Are the
results statistically significant?
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Common
mistake: “We performed our experiment
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once at 4 am
and noticed a ten fold improvement.
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Thus we
conclude that our system is better”
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Be very careful
with percentages
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Method A: 0.01
seconds, our Method: 0.005
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seconds
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Our method
shows 100% improvement over
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method A!!
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