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Professional-Sand341 t1_j3ndq9o wrote

This is exactly the kind of self-administered survey where I assume a majority of the responses are self-congratulatory lies.

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SaintSteel t1_j3o0z2l wrote

The data also is only 1100 families, or roughly 20 per state so it's not even a good sample size for each state!

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a2godsey t1_j3nhm3k wrote

It looks like this dentistry practice operates mostly out of Florida with some branch locations in Maryland. Florida being 43rd on the list feels a little strange, I want to imagine a scenario where they sent the survey to existing patients parents and the responses were in the vein of "my kid hasn't had a taste of anything sugary in their life" even though you and I both know that's not how Florida works.

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Excelius t1_j3npmkp wrote

Surveys are generally self-administered, the bigger concern is whether the manner in which the respondents were recruited forms a representative sample or not. Pretty much everything is done online these days, even the big well respected pollsters are mostly online now.

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