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isawagoose t1_itypjde wrote

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It's based on survey responses of the populace, so I guess go tell the Congolese to answer better next time?

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fuzzy9691 t1_itz90es wrote

Self-reporting data is always corrupt.

Ask a thousand people to ‘rate their pain out of ten’ when experiencing similar levels of pain (injury); and you’ll get ten thousand different answers.

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ooopsmymistake t1_itzgd0a wrote

>Self-reporting data is always corrupt. > >Ask a thousand people to ‘rate their pain out of ten’ when experiencing similar levels of pain (injury); and you’ll get ten thousand different answers.

There are statistical tools to get rid of a lot of the problems self-reporting data faces.

Also your example would probably be normally distributed.

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ka36 t1_iu11ark wrote

> out of ten

> ten thousand different responses

Y'all need data validation

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Cakeriel t1_iu1b4a5 wrote

Assuming they only give integers

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ka36 t1_iu1ewmm wrote

Hence the data validation. Miss me with that 5.5/10 shit; there's a reason it's out of ten instead of a hundred.

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