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Fukushima fish with 180 times legal limit of radioactive cesium fuels water release fears
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2023
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The 1000+ number was just a random number. It was simply to highlight that the article never mentioned the total numbers sampled, just the total numbers found to have the high levels.
I don't doubt it was 44 out of 44, or that 44 out of 1000 is a lot as well, it simply wasn't the point that I was trying to make.
My point isn’t about 1000 or 10000. It’s that we shouldn’t make assumptions as to the interpretation of statistical characteristics without sufficient additional data.