• I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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      1 hour ago

      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.

    • XeroxCool@lemmy.world
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      16 hours ago

      That’s what actually brought me to the comments. The fuck? OK, so now NYC pop is about 10mil, non-NYC NY is about 10 mil, and non-NYC NYC metro is about 10 mil. How do you get even 30 mil to represent 30% of 350mil? Confuse it with the Iranian population of 92mil? And 30% is the average of the responses!