{"id":128160,"date":"2015-09-25T23:54:12","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T23:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/25\/on-the-professional-application-of-probability-nomenclature.html"},"modified":"2015-09-25T23:54:12","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T23:54:12","slug":"on-the-professional-application-of-probability-nomenclature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/25\/on-the-professional-application-of-probability-nomenclature.html","title":{"rendered":"On the Professional Application of Probability Nomenclature"},"content":{"rendered":"

This one is, of course, for +<\/span>Margie Kleerup<\/a><\/span>, my in-house statistics wonk.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nWhat Does Probability Mean in Your Profession?<\/a><\/span>
\n(Small print: Does not apply to Nate Silver.)\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This one is, of course, for +Margie Kleerup, my in-house statistics wonk. What Does Probability Mean in Your Profession? (Small print: Does not apply to Nate Silver.) 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