Comments on: What does bias when analyzing data have to do with slow lines? http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/09/bias-analyzing-data-slow-lines.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Simple Statistics - Why Does the Other Line Move Faster — Simple Complexityhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/09/bias-analyzing-data-slow-lines.html#comment-113383 Simple Statistics - Why Does the Other Line Move Faster — Simple Complexity Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:38:50 +0000 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/?p=40199#comment-113383 [...] updates on this topic.Excellent short and sweet post about statistical bias written by Paul Levy on KevinMD. [Grin, for the non-British readers, queues are lines and the motorway is a lot like the [...] [...] updates on this topic.Excellent short and sweet post about statistical bias written by Paul Levy on KevinMD. [Grin, for the non-British readers, queues are lines and the motorway is a lot like the [...]

]]> By: Doug Hudgeonhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2009/09/bias-analyzing-data-slow-lines.html#comment-112703 Doug Hudgeon Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:26:43 +0000 http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/?p=40199#comment-112703 Another contributor is the number of lines you can compare against and the tendency of people to compare themselves against those more fortunate than themselves.If you are in line 1 comparing your speed with that of people in line 2 then you have a 50% chance of being in the fastest line (or slightly less than 50% considering the above analysis). But if there are 5 lines you have a 1 in 5 chance (20%) of being in the fastest lineYour tendency will probably be to regret not being in the fastest line than to celebrate not being in the slowest line. Another contributor is the number of lines you can compare against and the tendency of people to compare themselves against those more fortunate than themselves.

If you are in line 1 comparing your speed with that of people in line 2 then you have a 50% chance of being in the fastest line (or slightly less than 50% considering the above analysis). But if there are 5 lines you have a 1 in 5 chance (20%) of being in the fastest line

Your tendency will probably be to regret not being in the fastest line than to celebrate not being in the slowest line.

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