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minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoTechnically theres always a bias of the most amusing answer so the “no” would be close to 5% at a minimum.
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoSounds like the lizardman constant
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoYep, no survey get 0.2% of any kind of response.
minus-squareHossenfeffer@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months ago0.2% of surveys get some kind of 0.2% response, especially if the survey is about statistics.
minus-squarewhere_am_i@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·4 months agothat’s not how it works. That’s not how anything works! Percentile of a variable != level of that percentile.
minus-squareHossenfeffer@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoPffft, only 0.2% of people understand surveys anyway.
Technically theres always a bias of the most amusing answer so the “no” would be close to 5% at a minimum.
Sounds like the lizardman constant
Yep, no survey get 0.2% of any kind of response.
0.2% of surveys get some kind of 0.2% response, especially if the survey is about statistics.
that’s not how it works. That’s not how anything works!
Percentile of a variable != level of that percentile.
Pffft, only 0.2% of people understand surveys anyway.