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Re:Twitter’s Lawyers Admit They’re Overwhelmed; 2000 Laid Of... by Timon3 on Monday June 19, 2023 @12:02PM (#36392616)
"Multiplied-up survey data" seems like a pretty normal way to do estimations in statistics. What is your concrete issue with this?
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Re:Twitter’s Lawyers Admit They’re Overwhelmed; 2000 Laid Of... by robertlagrant on Monday June 19, 2023 @12:22PM (#36392877)
Surveys aren't a general thing about statistics.
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Re:Twitter’s Lawyers Admit They’re Overwhelmed; 2000 Laid Of... by Timon3 on Monday June 19, 2023 @12:26PM (#36392938)
I assumed you were derogatorily referencing study data. Can you be specific what kind of survey it was that you saw, and why it doesn't rise to the status of a study?
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