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1. This problem is well-known among statistics experts.

Fri May 29, 2015, 03:05 PM

May 2015

When you gather so much random data for analysis, you spend so much time eliminating false positive matches that you miss what's important.

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This problem is well-known among statistics experts. Maedhros May 2015 #1

The purpose isn't to catch terrorists. woo me with science May 2015 #3