I still have some trouble self-identifying as a statistician. It's one of those archetypally dull things, like chartered accountancy--though, thankfully, much more interesting in reality. I've just been doing some tutoring. Hearing yourself say things like:
"No, remember that the null hypothesis states the variances are equal"
and expecting to be understood, is very spooky. And who came up with hypothesis testing, with all its Godawful multiple negatives? Not to mention the frequently misinterpreted p-value.
Is this a way for sane people to talk?
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You forgot to mention Chi-squared and degrees of freedom, along with the popular obsession with the mean, when in fact the median often reveals more... :-)
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