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minus-square@finitebanjolinkEnglish51•11 hours agoTechnically theres always a bias of the most amusing answer so the “no” would be close to 5% at a minimum.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•8 hours agoOof I didn’t know that was a Scott Alexander thing
minus-squareHossenfefferlinkfedilinkEnglish7•10 hours ago0.2% of surveys get some kind of 0.2% response, especially if the survey is about statistics.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•5 hours agothat’s not how it works. That’s not how anything works! Percentile of a variable != level of that percentile.
minus-squareHossenfefferlinkfedilinkEnglish2•5 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
Oof I didn’t know that was a Scott Alexander thing
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.