beep@piefed.world to Science@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-22 days agoYoung people are significantly more likely than older generations to hold hostile attitudes towards women, study findswww.unimelb.edu.auexternal-linkmessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down16file-text
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minus-squarebrachiosaurus@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down6·18 hours agoIt’s not if you ask me, you cannot project the beliefs of 3000 people into 28 millions
minus-squaremisk@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·17 hours agoFor a binary choice where you expect distribution to be relatively similar you can do it with less than 400 while having 95% confidence and 5% margin of error. That’s just statistics and probability.
minus-squarebrachiosaurus@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·17 hours agoHumans are not machines that decide things at random
minus-squaremisk@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·17 hours ago We are machines made out of meat. It’s irrelevant if the choice was made at random or if it was based on some deep spiritual insight. We’re measuring outcomes, not the rationale.
It’s not if you ask me, you cannot project the beliefs of 3000 people into 28 millions
For a binary choice where you expect distribution to be relatively similar you can do it with less than 400 while having 95% confidence and 5% margin of error. That’s just statistics and probability.
Humans are not machines that decide things at random