• ltxrtquq
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    6 hours ago

    Yes. For example, 60 million people in the US (less than 20% of our total population) is a significant amount of people.

    • Ech@lemm.ee
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      5 hours ago

      The amount the percentage represents is irrelevant. A billion people could be involved, but if the total is 7 billion, it’s not going to be a significant part of the total trend.

      • Wogi@lemmy.world
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        4 hours ago

        5% can be a driver if it’s having a decent impact on your results. This is kind of a stats 101 thing man. You might even look for those outliers in your results and find a way to specifically exclude them if you find that the information you’re getting is being skewed. Do that too hard and it’s called P-hacking.

        “We found that the bottom 5% of respondents were driving results negatively and so excluded the top and bottom 5%.”

        Think about it as a literal driver. It’s a driver. It’s not the driver and also half the passengers. You can drive a motorcycle, you can drive a bus, and how much of the occupancy you are of those two things can change dramatically but you’re still a driver.