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[-] CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.cafe 3 points 2 weeks ago

Holy, holy, holy...they actually thought 21% of people are transgender? 1 in 5?? The only thing this proves is the polled Americans are stupid AF. ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ™„

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago

seems like they polled mostly boomers or conservatives.

[-] Objection@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

The math contributes some to this. Let's say the correct answer is 1%, and out of ten people, 9 of them guess 1% and the other guesses 51% - that one guess shifts the average from 1% to 6%. And if it's 1%, then there's no room for people to underestimate and bring the number back down, and the same is true of numbers close to 100%. The numbers closer to the middle don't necessarily mean that people were more correct on an individual level, but that some people overestimated and others underestimated and it came out closer to the right number. The graph ought to give information about the spread of errors and not just the raw average.

[-] wellheh@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

Agree would be better to show the spread and highlight the median since they are more likely to be meaningful. Outliers have a huge impact here

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[-] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

Wouldn't have guessed you guys would have more vegans than union members

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[-] Matt3999@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Only 4% union members - no wonder the US is so fucked for workers

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

30% Jewish, 27% Muslim, 58% Christian, 33% atheist. A very odd mix to estimate.

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[-] Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago

3% Atheists is such a bullshit number. There is a famous Pew poll, where they asked people two questions side by side, "are you an atheist" and "do you believe in any god", and 4% answered no to the first one and something like 20% answered no to the second one.

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[-] teolan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Americans believe a single city (New York) represents 30% of the American population?

[-] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Forget that. They think one out of their first 3 friends they have is gay. Assuming they're straight that means 50% of their friends are gay. Fuck that means they think 25% of their first 4 friends are trans.

Math is not their strong point apparently

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[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

The 42% are democrats and 47% are republicans is the true surprise. That is a huge difference even though it might not seem like it.

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[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago

indians, from india are one of the richest POC groups in america.

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