Both Wrong: The Statistical Truth About Deviance

Both Wrong: The Statistical Truth About Deviance
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Everyone's got deviance all wrong! While women picture handcuffs (kinky or criminal?), and men imagine furry conventions (no judgment here!), statisticians are sitting in the corner like "ACTUALLY, it's a likelihood ratio test measuring how far observed data deviates from a null hypothesis." The mathematical formula at the bottom is statistical deviance in all its nerdy glory - twice the difference between log-likelihoods under different parameter estimates. Next time someone mentions "deviant behavior," just whip out this equation and watch their eyes glaze over faster than experimental data points on a scatterplot!

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