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[-] PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

34k people in 28 countries? About 1.2k per country? Even if it actually means 34k per country, the sample is so ridiculously small that this statistic accounts for nothing. I can assure you if I interview 1.2k people on the main street of my city in Brazil I will get a very very different number, with the vast majority not even understanding the question.

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 16 points 1 day ago

It all boils down on how representative for the entire population the participants of the statistics are chosen: location, age, gender, education, job, …

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

If your sample is a sufficiently random representative of the population, there won't be a difference between 1,200 people and 12,000,000 people.

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