Asked how many members of the House of Reps there were, Stein guessed 600

“Asked how many members of the House of Reps there were, Stein guessed 600-some before hosts corrected her.”

  • Rekorse@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    I’d argue they focus too little on the first 8 and too much on the last 2. Both would be an error in analysis of course.

    Also it runs the risk of people applying statistics to individual cases, or groups too small to be statistically relevant.

    • sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      I agree with you - and that’s why gerrymandering is a problem, because it makes the last 2 questions more valuable to study for. As for statistics, that’s for pollsters and analysts to work on.