• Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee
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      14 hours ago

      Ok, yes, but the average answer was 50% (edit: 66%), so half of the people assumed less than 50%.

      I should have clarified that by ‘is data bullshit’ I meant it as the surveys work/overall effort - eg unclear questions or not making sure (actively or passively) if folk actually understood the question. It could be something stupid as a matter unclear ‘owns’ or ‘doesn’t own’, so people were answering in two ways ‘90% own’ and ‘10% don’t own’ … of witch the average is then the bs 50% bcs it’s the and metric.
      This is just one example of seemingly the simplest things going wrong in surveys & statisticians not having the data/balls to detect issues from datasets or rule the data in question out.

      Asking people questions is hard. They are people after all.