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To: little jeremiah
Anyone know what "standard deviation" means?

Think of how the question is near the end of a Q post. Where he normally asks,"How long until the odds aremathematically impossible?" (The odds of all the crumbs being coincidences, that is.)

A standard deviation is a measure used in statistics. Most items, events, so on,if measured carefully over and over, don't have a single exact value, but a small range of values. For random noise in such a collection, it is found that ~2/3 of all values measured, are within +/- one standard deviation from the mean ; 95% within two standard deviations; and so on. The numbers work out, that if you measure something, and your measured value is more than 5 standard deviations from the mean, you've made a mistake and you're really measuring something *else*.

Q is saying the odds of him NOT being genuine are approaching zero.

955 posted on 11/09/2018 2:19:46 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers

That makes total sense too, thanks for detailed explanation. Could also possibly refer to votes as posited above.


958 posted on 11/09/2018 2:24:37 PM PST by little jeremiah (When we do not punish evildoers we are ripping the foundations of justice from future generations)
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To: grey_whiskers

Are you 6-Sigma certified, as well? ;-)


963 posted on 11/09/2018 2:43:55 PM PST by LiveFreeOrDie2001 (God Bless President Trump!)
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