Mythbusters: "No Pain, No Gain"

[WeAreTheBorg]

I have a big issue with the men vs women results. They saw the averages of 100 seconds to 84 and just said it was confirmed but didn't seem to run any statistical calculations to determine whether that difference was statistically significant.

They don't show every single step of the process onscreen, particularly in the US version where it's further edited down because of commercials. I think past evidence shows that these guys know their math well enough to know how to calculate a standard deviation, and if the difference had been too small to be statistically meaningful, they probably would've said so.

They don't always show everything, no, but usually with something that crucial to the conclusion they would at least mention it with perhaps a 2 seconds shot of adam writing numbers.

 

[Trilliam]

Is the followup episode "No guts, no glory"? Or have they already done that one?

 

[Trilliam]

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[Christopher]

They don't always show everything, no, but usually with something that crucial to the conclusion they would at least mention it with perhaps a 2 seconds shot of adam writing numbers.

Well, maybe they did. Again, a lot gets cut out for US broadcast because of the obscene amount of commercials we have forced on us.

And like I said, it would only be crucial to mention it if the difference weren't statistically significant. This isn't a research paper, it's a work of entertainment. I can forgive them for not showing their work exhaustively.