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Showerthought: that viral "1 in 4 women" stat everyone shared last month came from a survey of 340 people
Last month my cousin in Tampa sent our family group chat a news clip about a stat claiming 1 in 4 women feel unsafe walking alone at night, and everyone reacted like it was settled fact. I got curious and dug into the original study, which turned out to be an online poll of just 340 people that never listed a margin of error anywhere in the press release. How do you all decide when a stat is solid enough to repeat versus when it needs a closer look first?
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felixlane27d ago
340 people is plenty if they sampled right, no?
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