Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Mathematics/2016 June 29

= June 29 =

To cluster or not to cluster?
How does one reconcile the clustering illusion and Poisson clumping? Is the illusion really an illusion at all? 91.155.195.247 (talk) 16:04, 29 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Actual events can systematically cluster. Purely random events can appear to cluster. There's no contradiction between those two. Loraof (talk) 16:23, 29 June 2016 (UTC)


 * The article clustering illusion appears to discredit and ridicule the idea of clustering. Is that article correct?  I mean not only technically correct, but giving the reader a correct impression of how randomness and clustering interact. 91.155.195.247 (talk) 19:06, 29 June 2016 (UTC)
 * The article doesn't discredit or ridicule the idea of clustering at all. I'm not sure what gave you that impression.
 * It's like saying that the article Software bug seems to ridicule the idea of using computers. -- Meni Rosenfeld (talk) 19:53, 29 June 2016 (UTC)