Even though most voters say that the case against the former president is “strong,” they don’t want to see him serving jail time

  • parrot-party
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    281 year ago

    Small sample size is fine when it’s representative of the population. Trying to extract nationwide sentiment, a very diverse thing, off a small size is unlikely to be very representative.

    • RyanHakurei
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      1 year ago

      Except the numbers work out, and studies have made very very sweeping generalizations based on much smaller sample sizes of much larger demographics (for example the 1 in 5 myth comes from a study that had less than 100 respondents). This study is a dream compared to those.

      • parrot-party
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        181 year ago

        Just because studies have made sweeping statements, doesn’t mean they’re right. I could say I’ve got the longest member I’m the world based on a study I conducted in my basement, but it doesn’t change reality.

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          Where did I say making sweeping statements equals correctness? Man people are getting so emotional over this because it turns out the majority don’t agree with them. Guess it shreds the narrative that they’re the majority.