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sampling bias (mander.xyz)

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[–] finitebanjo 87 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Technically theres always a bias of the most amusing answer so the "no" would be close to 5% at a minimum.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 months ago (2 children)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

That was an amazing read, thanks!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oof I didn't know that was a Scott Alexander thing

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Why oof? O.o

[–] marcos 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yep, no survey get 0.2% of any kind of response.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

0.2% of surveys get some kind of 0.2% response, especially if the survey is about statistics.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

that's not how it works. That's not how anything works!

Percentile of a variable != level of that percentile.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Pffft, only 0.2% of people understand surveys anyway.

[–] ZoopZeZoop 1 points 2 months ago

It's also been shown that people often are bad a reporting accurately. So, your results may not be accurate just from that.