Comments on: Idiots http://rightwingnation.com/2008/07/02/idiots-4/ A little sanity in an insane blogosphere Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:51:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: ricki http://rightwingnation.com/2008/07/02/idiots-4/#comment-123639 ricki Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:01:11 +0000 http://rightwingnation.com/2008/07/02/idiots-4/#comment-123639 D'oh. "Bayes" theorem, ricki, not "Bates." Been too long since I taught stats... D’oh. “Bayes” theorem, ricki, not “Bates.”

Been too long since I taught stats…

]]> By: ricki http://rightwingnation.com/2008/07/02/idiots-4/#comment-123612 ricki Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:53:01 +0000 http://rightwingnation.com/2008/07/02/idiots-4/#comment-123612 I wonder what the false-positive rate on those tests are. If you test "all' the kids (actually, just the ones in sports), surely even a false-positive of .05% is going to brand someone a steroid user who actually is not. Good luck to them and their family at getting their name cleared. That sort of this is also why I am against mass testing for AIDS, like they are proposing in New York City. Too many false positives and if you use (I think it's called...) Bates' procedure, you find that it's really not that great an idea. I wonder what the false-positive rate on those tests are. If you test “all’ the kids (actually, just the ones in sports), surely even a false-positive of .05% is going to brand someone a steroid user who actually is not.

Good luck to them and their family at getting their name cleared.

That sort of this is also why I am against mass testing for AIDS, like they are proposing in New York City. Too many false positives and if you use (I think it’s called…) Bates’ procedure, you find that it’s really not that great an idea.

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