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Old 11-20-2020, 01:52 AM
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0.05 is a typical significance used in statistical hypothesis testing in the biological sciences. Don't conflate it with engineering reliability requirements.

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.05 is not a comforting rate of infections. If a airplane crashed out of 20 flights, would you fly?