The Analysis Factor
Statistical Consulting, Resources, and Statistics Workshops for Researchers
The field of statistics has a terminology problem.
It affects students’ ability to learn statistics. It affects researchers’ ability to communicate with statisticians; with collaborators in different fields; and of course, with the general public.
It’s easy to think the real issue is that statistical concepts are difficult. That is true. It’s not the whole truth, though. [Read more…] about Why Statistics Terminology is Especially Confusing
Odds is confusing in a different way than some of the other terms in this series.
First, it’s a bit of an abstract concept, which I’ll explain below.
But beyond that, it’s confusing because it is used in everyday English as a synonym for probability, but it’s actually a distinct technical term.
I found this incorrect definition recently in a (non-statistics) book: [Read more…] about Confusing Statistical Term #8: Odds