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minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 years agoYep, no survey get 0.2% of any kind of response.
minus-squareHossenfeffer@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 years 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-up5arrow-down1·2 years agothat’s not how it works. That’s not how anything works! Percentile of a variable != level of that percentile.
minus-squareHossenfeffer@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 years agoPffft, only 0.2% of people understand surveys anyway.
Yep, no survey get 0.2% of any kind of response.
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.