You should have explained what does it mean to have p=0.76 (and the meaning of % of confidence) because it's not obvious if you don't have degree related to statistics.
Often when people write such article wanting to explain something, they take some level of knowledge for granted and most often it is not true for most people. If you really want to explain something, you can use the "explain to me like I'm ten" approach. Or give the text to your mother and ask her what she understands (unless she has degree in math). You get the idea...
Besides, scientific books often share the same issues - lots of symbols which people don't understand and webdev don't know how to read - it makes the whole book useless. I prefer to read English books published by non-english authors, because they less often overintellectualize their writing. ;-)
Never assume that other party has the knowledge :) regardless where you are, you will meet people who don't have your background, and even more often you will have to work with people of different background. Imagine that in corporate life you will be working under and reporting to a salesperson. If you can explain what you want to do in simple words, you win :)
I have the (un)luck of being a CS drop out, with degree in marketing, so I get what you are writing about, but often you will meet people who have no idea about the p value. In fact I saw a supposed-to-be-cool presentation destroyed by a lecture on p value. Ideas from the marketing team were cool and indeed they were a success but they couldn't measure it properly.
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You should have explained what does it mean to have p=0.76 (and the meaning of % of confidence) because it's not obvious if you don't have degree related to statistics.
Often when people write such article wanting to explain something, they take some level of knowledge for granted and most often it is not true for most people. If you really want to explain something, you can use the "explain to me like I'm ten" approach. Or give the text to your mother and ask her what she understands (unless she has degree in math). You get the idea...
Yes you are correct.
I’ve read it was called "curse of knowledge".
I thought it was clear on the website page but maybe it was not then :)
Besides, scientific books often share the same issues - lots of symbols which people don't understand and webdev don't know how to read - it makes the whole book useless. I prefer to read English books published by non-english authors, because they less often overintellectualize their writing. ;-)
Never assume that other party has the knowledge :) regardless where you are, you will meet people who don't have your background, and even more often you will have to work with people of different background. Imagine that in corporate life you will be working under and reporting to a salesperson. If you can explain what you want to do in simple words, you win :)
I have the (un)luck of being a CS drop out, with degree in marketing, so I get what you are writing about, but often you will meet people who have no idea about the p value. In fact I saw a supposed-to-be-cool presentation destroyed by a lecture on p value. Ideas from the marketing team were cool and indeed they were a success but they couldn't measure it properly.