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Just 12 per cent of people eat half of the beef consumed in the US (archive.is)
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A small proportion of people in the US are responsible for eating 50 per cent of the beef consumed in the country, which is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The study design was reasonable. The unreasonable part is implying that what the respondents did that day is what they do every other day. Because what respondents do on that day does not necessarily predict what they do on other days.

In other words, it is reasonable to assert "On a given day, 12% of the population consumes half of the beef produced that day". It is not reasonable to imply "12% of the population consumes half of the beef produced in any given time period".