• @Wogi
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    34 hours ago

    What happens when those three pedal the other direction?

    It’s stats, it’s a descriptive term. It just literally doesn’t mean what you’re saying it means.

    A driver in stats is just an item or a group that has a significant impact on the final result. What that means is going to vary from study to study.

    Anyway, you can hold on to your belief about what a driver is, you are factually incorrect, and you were also kind of an asshole to the other guy. I’m out.

    • Ech
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      13 hours ago

      I’ve already agreed that situations vary. My point has always been about this study, not others. In this situation, the 15-20% of births in teens was not “the traditional driver of USA birth rates” (paraphrasing).

      As for the other person, they were being an asshole for repeatedly attempting to use their own misunderstanding to delegitimize my point instead of taking even a moment to consider my words wholly. Pardon me for not having a surplus of patience to endure that today.