Do you guys believe this site?

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14 Dec. 2009, 05:27pm
Sydd

Do you guys believe this site?

Http://www.worldometers.info/

we were discussing it in mathclass.
14 Dec. 2009, 06:56pm
GAMEchief

It's legit.
14 Dec. 2009, 09:06pm
Eli

What a bullshit site.
I think it's set on timers :B
14 Dec. 2009, 11:12pm
GAMEchief

It's set on statistics. X happenings, on average, per day can be calculated to Y happenings, on average, per second. The statistics are what are most likely the case, given the bajillion years of statistics we have the data.
15 Dec. 2009, 02:00am
iFresh

That's what I was gonna say its determined by statistics. Its not going to be exact, but its sure close.
15 Dec. 2009, 02:02am
C0FFINCASE

Actually it most likely gets more correct over time. That's how stats work. The larger the sample the closer to the true mean.
15 Dec. 2009, 02:08am
NotNeccesary

It's legit.
Checked the source.
15 Dec. 2009, 02:14am
GAMEchief

Quote:

Originally Posted by C0FFINCASE

Actually it most likely gets more correct over time. That's how stats work. The larger the sample the closer to the true mean.

Sort of. That would be if it were generating the statistics from IRL data instead of based on previous statistics. The way it's generated, the longer it runs, the further off it is from the actual statistics. It's as right as it's gonna be as soon as they enter the latest data. After that, it's guesstimating based on past statistics, and thus will be wrong if new statistics change.