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https://youtube.com/watch?v=Lw4oMXTEAkw.
We’re all gonna die someday. But can statistics help us know when? In this episode of Crash Course Scientific Thinking, we’ll learn how to interpret the statistics we see in our daily lives. And we’ll explore why we need stats to make informed judgments, be more precise about what we don’t know, and get closer to what we can know.





























Introduction: When Will I Die? 00:00














Basic Statistics 0:44














Confidence Intervals 4:14














Relative & Absolute Risk 5:32














Correlation vs. Causation 7:22














Review & Credits 9:45





























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