• flora_explora@beehaw.org
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    6 hours ago

    Neither beautiful nor conclusive data. With such a low amount of plane crashes over such a small time scale the number of incidents could just be random fluctuations. Since only the number of fatalities is given but not the number of incidents per year, it is impossible to tell if the difference in fatalities might just be due to varying sizes of planes.

    • Muad'dib@sopuli.xyz
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      3 hours ago

      Double the usual number in one sixth the time. That’s one low p value.

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        38 minutes ago

        It’s almost all from one event.

        These kind of stats are too sensitive to fluctuations to view them annually like this.

        This is bad days rep.

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    9 hours ago

    Observation: almost nobody died from planes in 2020

    Conclusion: we need to start more pandemics

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    10 hours ago

    Yeah I think I’ll avoid flying to the US indefinitely

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      10 hours ago

      My wife and I are supposed to fly to a concert in August for our anniversary, we are planning to drive now.

      • bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        8 hours ago

        Even with recent events, flying is still the safer option over driving. We’re hearing about all the incidents because they are rare, but every day there are lots of automobile fatalities that it’s not even reported on beyond the local market since it’s common.