A military report on suicide rates broken down by occupation finds the highest rates among categories of troops that often work and train around weapons blasts.
It’s the same reason that an increase from a 0.0001% chance of something happening to a 0.0002% chance is now double the chance of the thing happening.
More relevantly, 0.0003477% is ~ 15% bigger a number than 0.0003000%. The overall numbers are still low, but the increase is significant.
I remember reading over some logic - statistics “puzzles”, where the logic is sound if you follow step by step on paper, but for some reason your mind just has trouble grasping the concept which leads to confusion.
It’s the same reason that an increase from a 0.0001% chance of something happening to a 0.0002% chance is now double the chance of the thing happening.
More relevantly, 0.0003477% is ~ 15% bigger a number than 0.0003000%. The overall numbers are still low, but the increase is significant.
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Stats can be very unintuitive. You’re not alone.
I remember reading over some logic - statistics “puzzles”, where the logic is sound if you follow step by step on paper, but for some reason your mind just has trouble grasping the concept which leads to confusion.
Yep, NP!