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Probability in Your Profession: Weather Forecaster

2015

A forecaster's scale: below 50% is 'not gonna rain (but don't get mad if it does).'

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2015-01-01-what-does-probability-mean-in-your-profession--probability-in-your-profession-weather-forecaster/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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Weather Forecaster (probability of rain): "not gonna rain" (low) · "not gonna rain but I don't want you to get mad at me if it does" (up to 0.5) · "gonna rain" (above 0.5)

Topics
Probability › Probability ScaleProbability › Likelihood Language
Level
Middle SchoolHigh SchoolAP StatisticsAll Ages
Themes
Work & JobsPop CultureVisual ExplanationsLanguage & WordplayPolitics