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minus-square@finitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish89•7 months agoTechnically theres always a bias of the most amusing answer so the “no” would be close to 5% at a minimum.
minus-square@MBM@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•7 months agoOof I didn’t know that was a Scott Alexander thing
minus-square@marcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish20•7 months agoYep, no survey get 0.2% of any kind of response.
minus-squareHossenfefferlinkfedilinkEnglish16•7 months ago0.2% of surveys get some kind of 0.2% response, especially if the survey is about statistics.
minus-square@where_am_i@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish5•7 months agothat’s not how it works. That’s not how anything works! Percentile of a variable != level of that percentile.
minus-squareHossenfefferlinkfedilinkEnglish12•7 months agoPffft, only 0.2% of people understand surveys anyway.
minus-square@ZoopZeZoop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agoIt’s also been shown that people often are bad a reporting accurately. So, your results may not be accurate just from that.
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.
It’s also been shown that people often are bad a reporting accurately. So, your results may not be accurate just from that.