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minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up70·22 hours agoTechnically theres always a bias of the most amusing answer so the “no” would be close to 5% at a minimum.
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·21 hours agoSounds like the lizardman constant
minus-squareKlear@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 hours agoThat was an amazing read, thanks!
minus-squareMBM@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 hours agoOof I didn’t know that was a Scott Alexander thing
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·21 hours agoYep, no survey get 0.2% of any kind of response.
minus-squareHossenfeffer@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·21 hours ago0.2% of surveys get some kind of 0.2% response, especially if the survey is about statistics.
minus-squarewhere_am_i@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·16 hours agothat’s not how it works. That’s not how anything works! Percentile of a variable != level of that percentile.
minus-squareHossenfeffer@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·16 hours agoPffft, only 0.2% of people understand surveys anyway.
Technically theres always a bias of the most amusing answer so the “no” would be close to 5% at a minimum.
Sounds like the lizardman constant
That was an amazing read, thanks!
Oof I didn’t know that was a Scott Alexander thing
Why oof? O.o
Yep, no survey get 0.2% of any kind of response.
0.2% of surveys get some kind of 0.2% response, especially if the survey is about statistics.
that’s not how it works. That’s not how anything works!
Percentile of a variable != level of that percentile.
Pffft, only 0.2% of people understand surveys anyway.