Difference between revisions of "Talk:2618: Selection Bias"
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::I agree wholeheartedly, but what does it have to do with selection bias??? [[Special:Contributions/172.70.114.241|172.70.114.241]] 01:06, 13 May 2022 (UTC)Bumpf | ::I agree wholeheartedly, but what does it have to do with selection bias??? [[Special:Contributions/172.70.114.241|172.70.114.241]] 01:06, 13 May 2022 (UTC)Bumpf | ||
::I don't get it at all, which kind of defeats the point of Explain XKCD when people are adding inside jokes. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.130.121|172.70.130.121]] 05:06, 13 May 2022 (UTC) | ::I don't get it at all, which kind of defeats the point of Explain XKCD when people are adding inside jokes. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.130.121|172.70.130.121]] 05:06, 13 May 2022 (UTC) | ||
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| + | Acquiescence bias is often used in sales to try to induce a bigger sale. Asking, "Will there be anything else?" instead of "Is that all?" can make a significant difference in the amount of a sale, even though you are still leaving the decision up to the customer. [[User:Nutster|Nutster]] ([[User talk:Nutster|talk]]) 06:30, 13 May 2022 (UTC) | ||
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Why is the site giving errors so much? 172.70.130.121 21:19, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
- It just went down for about ten minutes. Once in a while I was able to get pages to load, but it was rare (probably 3-5 times). Most of the pages that did load had no CSS. 172.70.130.161 22:03, 11 May 2022 (UTC)
- I blame a secret global infiltration by brain-eating extraterrestrials bent on steadily eroding our infrastructure while we kill each other in stimulated warfare. Do you agree with this common hypothesis? 172.70.114.241 01:00, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
I love the current explanation of the title text, thanks Kev ;-) --Kynde (talk) 06:38, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
- Hear, hear! A true gem! 172.69.134.17 07:37, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
- Thank you kindly, meanwhile I return to find a much improved BALLPIT APPARTMENT and have come to say I got that reference and heartilly approve'Italic text'Kev (talk) 22:27, 12 May 2022 (UTC)
- I agree wholeheartedly, but what does it have to do with selection bias??? 172.70.114.241 01:06, 13 May 2022 (UTC)Bumpf
- I don't get it at all, which kind of defeats the point of Explain XKCD when people are adding inside jokes. 172.70.130.121 05:06, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
Acquiescence bias is often used in sales to try to induce a bigger sale. Asking, "Will there be anything else?" instead of "Is that all?" can make a significant difference in the amount of a sale, even though you are still leaving the decision up to the customer. Nutster (talk) 06:30, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
