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Re:Sick and struggling to pay, 100M people in the U.S. live ... by olddustytrail on Thursday June 16, 2022 @01:03PM (#31768414)
> So they intentionally targeted people with debt, so the "63% percent of respondents" is not able to

No, that's not how it works. You oversample a group you are interested in and then weight it.

To be honest, you don't know enough about statistics to evaluate this. You should either learn more or accept the conclusions of those who know more.

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Re:Sick and struggling to pay, 100M people in the U.S. live ... by hedora on Thursday June 16, 2022 @01:58PM (#31769022)
> ...to be read as "63% percent of Americans".

> The 100M in the title is extrapolated, and is likely correct,

What's the problem with their comment, exactly?

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Re:Sick and struggling to pay, 100M people in the U.S. live ... by bombcar on Thursday June 16, 2022 @02:06PM (#31769135)
Even the study itself says "63% of respondents with debts".
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Re:Sick and struggling to pay, 100M people in the U.S. live ... by olddustytrail on Thursday June 16, 2022 @02:39PM (#31769437)
Yes, it does. There's nothing wrong with that.
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