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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

Ah yes, 2,313 people, otherwise known as a representative sample 350 million.

Edit: I'm not respond to the morons who think someone's FB status poll is representative of America.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

2000 can absolutely be a representative sample size. The bigger worry here is sampling bias rather than sample size.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

You mean, MMCCCXIII people.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You know there will be plenty of Americans who think their numbers are American and not Arabic.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I've heard "speak American" coming out of one's mouth once.

[–] jubilationtcornpone 7 points 1 year ago

Hey now. Every village has its idiots. We just happen to have a lot of them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Because freedom!

MURICAAAA!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't believe this is a representative sample, but not because of the sample size. Stay in your lane, high school level science education.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

High school statistics covers sampling just fine. Some people weren't paying attention.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Tell me you don’t know statistics without saying it specifically.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

🙄

This fucking comment on every single poll result. Consider learning even the tiniest bit about how statistical sampling works.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It appears to be an online poll which wouldn’t have proper sampling

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

That's a vastly better critique than just whining about the sample size.

[–] aBundleOfFerrets 4 points 1 year ago

I don’t think a more representative sample would improve the ratio, tbh

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been seeing this one for years, are we even sure it was ever a real thing and not just a meme about the "dihydrogen monoxide" science word scary type reactionary movement?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It most definitely is. The fact isAmerica is either smart enough to run the largest empire ever, or the world is dumb enough to let them do it. Personally, I'd like to think the rest of the world is also smart.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I agree this isn't representative. But i would argue there was no need for a poll to determine what percentage of americans would have said no.

It would likely be fifty-seven percent. Or LVII per centum