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minus-squareHossenfefferlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·12 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-up3·7 hours agothat’s not how it works. That’s not how anything works! Percentile of a variable != level of that percentile.
minus-squareHossenfefferlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 hours agoPffft, only 0.2% of people understand surveys anyway.
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.