Incident Inference From Symptoms

from blog Two-Wrongs, | ↗ original
An acquaintance was feeling what could have been early symptoms of illness, but wanted to run a 10k race later that day. They approached me because they sensed there was a statistical problem in there: how should they react to symptoms getting worse during the race? Is that a sign to quit, or is it likely to be a false positive? An acquaintance was feeling what could have been early symptoms of illness, but wanted to run a 10k race later that day. They approached me because they sensed there was a statistical problem in there: how should they react to symptoms getting worse during the race? Is that a sign to quit, or is it likely to be a false positive? The conclusion was surprising and interesting, so for this article, I’ve recast the problem in terms of site reliability... The conclusion was surprising and interesting, so for this article, I’ve recast the problem in terms of site reliability...