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Re:We analyzed 100K technical interviews to see where the be... by horsawlarway on Thursday March 31, 2022 @12:18PM (#30868919)
Doesn't this exact comment undercut your results fairly heavily?

You're admitting that it's much more likely dropbox is a statistical anomaly because of fewer data points, rather than a robust data set.

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Re:We analyzed 100K technical interviews to see where the be... by leeny on Thursday March 31, 2022 @12:22PM (#30869001)
it's possible. we did see statistical significance when comparing dropbox to others despite the relatively smaller sample size. but yes, that is possible.
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Re:We analyzed 100K technical interviews to see where the be... by dtashima on Thursday March 31, 2022 @12:54PM (#30869473)
Maybe add error bars to give it a little more color?
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