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[-] clara@feddit.uk 111 points 4 months ago

n = 40, this is junk. they couldn't even get 100 people for this?

these were all sampled from 1 company in amsterdam. the differences could be explained by company culture, or local culture, or whatever. more work needed.

[-] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 28 points 4 months ago

n=40 isn’t actually bad for generalized conclusions, given a reasonable spread in the results. Your second point is a much stronger argument. The sample is entirely non-representative.

[-] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 months ago

IIRC from stats n=32 is generally considered the minimum to be considered representative for a random sample (and this is not a random sample outside of the company in Amsterdam 🙄).

[-] elbarto777@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

I don't think you're disagreeing with the parent poster...

[-] luciferofastora@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 months ago

Not every reply is a disagreement. It's a common assumption that we're not always aware of, because it's true often enough.

[-] elbarto777@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

I don't think we're disagreeing.

[-] luciferofastora@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago

Neither do I. In fact, I'd be so bold as to say we agree!

Have a nice day :)

[-] elbarto777@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago
[-] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago

That's correct.

[-] jwt@programming.dev 24 points 4 months ago

That's very concrete language you're using there. Are you perchance an introvert? We could make it n = 41 and add a dash more selection bias to boot!

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

anything with personality types i already assume is junk. might as well use their zodiac sign.

[-] SineSwiper@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 months ago

Shitty sample sizes are the majority of "research" nowadays. It's sad how hard it is to find any even in the triple digits.

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