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Re:Sir Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked into the UK using ... by olivermarks on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @12:40AM (#32065723)
This is the entire UK population, not a 'sub population'...
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Re:Sir Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked into the UK using ... by RealityVoid on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @01:28AM (#32066004)
His point is that a sub-population has a low name variance. Even if the sub-population is not very large, if the variance is much lower than the norm, it's going to show disproportionately in the top.
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