@[email protected] to Mildly [email protected] • edit-211 days agoAmericans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groupslemmy.worldimagemessage-square297fedilinkarrow-up1845
arrow-up1845imageAmericans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groupslemmy.world@[email protected] to Mildly [email protected] • edit-211 days agomessage-square297fedilink
Source: https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/41556-americans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•9 days agoSometimes you see data and just know that the methodology had to have been shit. The average response thought 30% of the US was in NY?! No fucking chance.
Sometimes you see data and just know that the methodology had to have been shit.
The average response thought 30% of the US was in NY?! No fucking chance.
Maybe the average person is stupid
You can drop the “maybe.”